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Place: Allen, Texas Comments: The photos of our classmates who were Vietnam fatalities brought tears to my eyes. They died SO young fighting for our freedom. I can only imagine the utter heart ache their families and friends must have gone through. I give sincere thanks to each one of these precious men for fighting for our freedom. My thanks also extends to their families and friends who also suffered their loss. I will always remember these brave men with my love and thanks. Brave SOCites to the very end. THANK YOU!
Place: LV, TX Comments: Sandy - Thank you for posting the photos of all our known Vietnam war casualties who were SOC graduates of classes during the 60's. The listing I previously posted, coupled with the photos, was an outgrowth of an effort I had worked on with J. D. Garoutte since 2006. So, although I resurrected the info and photos, he deserves an equal share of the credit for its creation. Folks from other classes began contacting us regarding their military service, Vietnam vets, and war casualties. JD & I knew we couldn't keep up with it all for every class. So, we made a conscious decision to pay special tribute to those who were KIA and memorialized on The Wall. I'm continuing efforts to maintain the SOC '66 Vets' Roster and e-mail distribution list. But, I could not have performed all the initial research to contact our class vets, obtain medals & awards info, solicit photos, contact military records organizations, put multiple listings & presentations together ... Many thanks, JD - I only wish our SOC '66 Vets' Website had become a reality! ![[comp]](https://cdn.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/comp.gif "Comp - :comp:")
Place: Edmond Comments: From, “Is Kimball gonna win this game?”, to the jungles of Viet Nam...a journey of far more than just miles.
Place: Richardson Comments: Don L. was kind enough to list the names & info on the 8 SOC Vets Killed in Action during Viet Nam war. Back before our 40th he put many hours of effort, research & love into creating a list of all our '66 Vets as well as this KIA list of all SOC vets he could find. He is unable to post their pics because a photo post has to have a URL. He sent me the pics and I've got them here to post for y'all. Thank You Don L. !!! Billy Averitte '63 Billy Relf '64 Rocke Ramsey '65 Joe Bar '65 Larry Fralicks '65 Cloyde Pison Jr. '65 Robert Hook '66 Jerry Glaze '67
Place: Allen, TX Comments: Happy Birthday to two classy ladies, Barbara Fugate and Ann Hoose.
Place: LV, TX Comments: OMG, missed a coupla b'days ... let's get 'em in! Belated H a p p y B i r t h d a y wishes go out to Barbara Crume Fugate for 5/25 and to Ann DelRegno Hoose for 5/27!
Place: LV, TX Comments: Larry - Mr. Pinson, Sr's obit: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/cloyde-pinson-obituary?pid=17416530 - includes info related to involvement in D/FW cemetery.
Place: LV, TX Comments: After posting yesterday, we traveled an hour or so north to Salado to pay our respects to my younger brother, Doug, SOC '68. He served a hitch in the Marines after high school, where the killer instinct was ingrained, since Vietnam was in high gear. But, he wound up being sent to Pay Master School. Afterward, he was assigned to Camp LeJeune, NC. He had an angry chip on his shoulder because he wasn't permitted to go to Vietnam, since my CG cutter was deployed there and my mother wouldn't sign a waiver, granting permission for her 'Sole Surviving Son' to go at the same time. In those days, it seemed, if you were in the Marines and didn't serve in 'Nam, you weren't a whole Marine. He was later transferred to Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, CA, near Irvine. There, he was also assigned to the ceremonial honor guard. The honor guard met C-141 aircraft while offloading silver caskets and took part in funeral services of Marines who'd died in Vietnam. That angry chip soon turned to mixed feelings of guilt, sorrow, and a calling; in fact, his obit reads, in part: "Doug considered this a 'spiritual' bookmark in his life". Doug started his own computer consulting business and worked as a free-lance software developer, when, in 2007, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. This was more than likely, from exposure to contaminated water during his assignment at Camp LeJeune, NC. In spite of this, he re-enrolled in college and completed his MBA. In 2010, he completed his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and returned to work at the V. A. Austin Information Technology Center where he and his brother were employed. His obit continues: "Doug taught Bible study for eight years, was deacon in his local church, and was involved in the children’s and youth ministries. Doug was also a dedicated Boy Scout leader for 10 years. For two years, he worked as a Christian counselor at the Bell County jail to help inmates find God and get a fresh start on life. During his many trips to the VA Medical Center in Temple, he visited disabled and bedridden vets to provide comfort and to 'give something back'."
Place: LV, TX Comments: Ronney/Larry - Thank you both for the kind words. I hope there aren't any more names to be added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall for SOC classes of the 60's. These were all we had learned of leading up to our 45th reunion in 2011. I have all their class photos, plus Cloyde's from home, but sent them separately to SOC '66 Vets via e-mail. Sandy offered to help post them here separately as a follow-up later, since I don't have a website or FB acct. Larry - Regarding Cloyde, I don't have the article handy, but seem to recall his dad was instrumental in opening the VA D/FW National Cemetery. He then had Cloyde's remains exhumed from Laureland (?) and re-interred at D/FW. Jay 'Smokey' Kimbrough was close to the family and also in 'Nam at the time of Cloyde's death. Smokey rode with the Patriot Guard Riders during the funeral procession to the grave site and provided home & USMC pix.
Place: Dickinson ,Texas Comments: Thank you, Don Lincoln for your post of our SOC heroes. As a member of the 1965 class, I knew all of them quite well. I had known Larry since the first grade. I was not aware Cloyde was killed in Viet Nam until your post. Several years ago, a replica of the Viet Nam Wall came to Galveston. It was a tearful but proud experience. Thank you again for your remembrance of all our veterans.
Place: A;;em. TX Comments: Thank you, Don Lincoln, for posting the SOCites of the 60s who lost their lives in the VN war. Very humbling. Brough tears to my eyes. I did not know some of them. But, each of them are now on my list of heroes. Our class should get together sometime and have a memorial service for these wonderful, brave men (I won't call them boys. They have earned the rank of MEN. REAL MEN!) I know that a service would be a lot of work, especially if their loved ones were invited. But, I like the idea. If not a service, we can all lift up a prayer for each of these men and their families and other loved ones, thanking God for allowing us to know them and thanking them for being willing to put their lives in danger to make a better world for us today. God bless EACH one of them, along with all others who fought in the war, no matter if they did or did not come home. I love each one of you for your service. Now, to go dry my eyes. Ronney McKee
Place: LV, TX Comments: On this Memorial Day, in honor of all our loved ones, friends, and other family members lost in our nations wars prior to our generation and since, I thought we might take a few moments to pay our respects to those we knew from our days at SOC. I retrieved the following from files JD and I researched for the vets’ website several years ago: Class of 1964 WILLIAM (“Billy”) CHARLES RELF Class of 1965 WILMA J. (“Joe”) BARR LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKS CLOYDE CYRIS PINSON, JR. ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEY Class of 1966 ROBERT (“Bob”) WAYNE HOOK Class of 1967 JERRY WAYNE GLAZE Best regards to all and please fly your flags proudly!
Place: Richardson Comments: Wow Sammy! Our roots do both go back to Germany! Because not everyone came in at NY but rather in Galveston that's why we have so much of the Germany history down there in Crawford, McGregor, Valley Mills, Mohshein and all that surrounding area, even in Waco & West. We have a lot of Gauers in West. Very interesting Sammy, our G-Parents or Great G-Parents may have known one another. Heck, we may be long lost cousins numerous times removed!! ![[wink]](https://cdn.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif "Wink - ;)")
Place: Richardson Comments: Thanks to ALL the men & women in our class who served in the military. I am very proud of you and appreciative for what you did. I was going to try & name all the ones from our little closeknit group, but soon realized we have way too many for me to remember everyone. So "Thank YOU" to each and everyone of you and to my husband as well. Happy Memorial Day!
Place: Planoopop Comments: Interesting Sandy. My grandfather's last name was Henegar. We traced his roots back to Germany and his escape to Prussia then Galveston. His father was Johann Henneke from Nuremberg, Germany. Grandpa Heneger moved to Kentucky in 1903 to Tennessee and settled in Mcgregor. . |
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