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memorial in memoir

In 1969 I may have been sitting in a bar with a wreath of flowers on my head and swallowing a smooth-liquid peace. It is the year before that clearly remembers, 1968, when in Resurrection Cemetery we buried my cousin's only son.

My cousin told me one of the things she remembered about the day of Kelly's funeral, one of the things that comforted her most was that I said nothing at all, but how softly I placed my hand on her shoulder.

 

MARK KELLOGG HAGE
CPL - E4 - Marine Corps
Regular Length of service 1 year
His tour began on Feb 19, 1968
Casualty was on Aug 5, 1968
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

Copyright © 2007 Dorothy Doyle Mienko