Gregory Allen Russell, KIA Vietnam
"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death." - Omar Bradley, U.S. Army General, WWII This young man, at age 20, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force. Unfortunately, he never received it himself, as he was killed while earning it. Gregory Allen Russell was near the village of Da Phuoc on May 11, 1968. He was a radio operator in
Jon Michael Young, KIA, Vietnam
"Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother." From Jon's Nam-Band-Of-Brothers (posted 1/30/06 on www.vvmf.org) Jon was the son of a widowed mother, who learned her only child was kille
