|
|
To Request
Our Services
|
 |
|
Please contact your State Captain for all mission requests, except for Arlington National Cemetery(ANC). Your State Captain, the ANC team, Moderators, and Contact teams, may be contacted through the following links.
State Captains
PGR ANC Team
Moderators
Contact PGR
|
|
|
|
Directory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patriot Guard Riders Forum
|
|
|
| You are not authorized to post a reply.
|
|
| Author |
Messages |
|
towman95 
Posts: 2527
Bullhead City Az. Forum Moderator
 |
| 29 Oct 2009 3:24 PM |
 Alert
|
Updated 06 Nov 09 2013 est S Sturgis
ESCORT UPDATE...
Monday's (11/9/09) escort from Terre Haute regional airport to the funeral home at this time is scheduled for 0830 EST for staging. Sgt Griffin will arrive at 09:40 at Terre Haute Airport. We need to be there by 09:00, cause the Airport police will shut down the entrance. We will meet at the Walmart parking lot at 08:30 with KSU at 08:45. LEO's will escort.
Directions to Walmart:
US 46--70 west to exit 11 exit ramp turn right and approx 1 1/2 miles on the left hand side.
40 to us 46 turn left to the second light turn right approx 5 miles
Respectfully Submitted,
Ron Coleman ‘Chief’
IN Asst. State Capt.
_______________________________________________________________________
|
Updated 05 Nov 09 0520 est S Sturgis
I have been in contact with the family and this is what the family would like from us:
On November 11th we are not required to be in the parade. They would like to see a flag line at the VFW Post at 11th & Eagle after a short ceremony . We will then escort Sgt Griffin to Terre Haute South High School from the VFW Post for the funeral services. At Terre Haute South High School we will have a flag line before the funeral services. Half of the Guard will stay at the High School for escort to Highlawn and half will go to Highlawn for a flag line. Staging at the VFW Post will be at 10am (1000) on November 11th. Flag Line for the funeral services at Terre Haute High School will be at 1pm (1300)
Monday's (11/9/09) escort from Terre Haute regional airport to the funeral home at this time is an evening escort (the time has yet to be announced) LEO will be at this escort also. When I have a hard time I will pass it along.
Directions to VFW Post 11th & Eagle:
70 west to 41/150 North Right on Ohio St to 11th Left on 11th to Eagel Corner of 11th an Eagel
From US 40 : West US 40 to 11th Right on 11th to Eagel Corner 11th & Eagel
Direction to Terre Haute South High School: 70 West to 41/150 South trun left to East Davis Drive turn right onto 7th School on the right side
From US 40 Left 41/150 (3rd Street) to East Davis Drive Left on East Davis Drive to 7th turn right on 7th School on right hand side. |
Sincerely,
IN Asst. Sr. RC Keith Jacks
_________________________________________________________________________
Updated 02 Nov 09 1926 est S Sturgis
Sgt Griffin will fly into Terre Haute Regional Airport (Time to be announced when I get a hard time) on November 9th and taken to Grinder Funeral Home 2005 North 13th in Terre Haute.
Visitation will be on November 10th at the Church of Latter-day Saints 1845 North 6th1/2 street Terre Haute from 4pm to 8 pm
Funeral procession on November 11th to Terre Haute South High School with funeral services 2pm to 4pm
Burial at Highland Lawn on US 40
After Burial we are invited to a dinner at the Church on 6th1/2 street.
RC - Keith Jacks
Richard Wilbur
IN State Captain
|
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
No. 848-09
October 29, 2009 | |
|
|
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 27 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y.
Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas.
Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo.
Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La.
Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill.
Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash.
For more information media may contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at 253- 967-0152, 253- 967-0147 or after hours at 253- 967-0015 (ask for the Public Affairs Officer on call).
|
|
|
|
|
USMC 1979 - 1983
FREEDOM ISNT FREE.
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS WRITTEN ON THE WALL!!! |
|
|
milktoast 
Posts: 3704
West Branch, MI Zephyrhills, FL
|
| 29 Oct 2009 4:09 PM |
Alert
|
| My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the family and friends of SGT. Dale Griffin. Words alone cannot express my debt and gratitude for his service and sacrifice. This hero will live on in our hearts forever. |
|
Janet Toth
Michigan Ride Captain
Florida Senior Ride Captain
Proud wife, daughter, daughter-in-law of vets from Vietnam, Korea, and WWII
Totally directionally challenged
"To share often and much...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
|
|
Daslowpoke
Posts: 1554
New Port Richey, FL
Senior
Ride Captain
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:04 PM |
Alert
|
My thoughts, prayers, and heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin. I pray that God will provide them with the comfort that only He can and carry them through this tragic loss.
Sgt. Griffin, a grateful America thanks you for your service and your sacrifice. You will never be forgotten. Our nation mourns the loss of a true American Hero.
May you forever rest in peace... |
|
Riding in Memory of:
John "SmokyMTNSporty" Deniakis
"Optimistically pessimistic about life"
Mike "Deltoid" Bland
"It's All Good"
Jack "jacklok" Loken
"Take Care Ride Safe" |
|
|
Uffda
Posts: 13725
Wonder Lake, IL
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:07 PM |
Alert
|
Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of SGT. Dale R. Griffin. May God help you though this difficult time and sorrow. Know
your loved one was and is a Hero to us all. Our thoughts and prayers are with
you always. He will never be forgotten.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms, Dale.
Going home, going home,
I'm just going home.
Quiet-like, slip away-
I'll be going home.
It's not far, just close by;
Jesus is the Door;
Work all done, laid aside,
Fear and grief no more.
Friends are there, waiting now.
He is waiting, too.
See His smile! See His hand!
He will lead me through.
Morning
Star lights the way;
Restless dream all done;
Shadows gone, break of day,
Life has just begun.
Every tear wiped away,
Pain and sickness gone;
Wide awake there with Him!
Peace goes on and on!
Going home, going home,
I'll be going home.
See the Light! See the Sun!
I'm just going home.
http://lnwbooks.com/data/mp3/15.mp3
|
|
Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ. 2. The American G.I. One died for your soul, the other for your Freedom.
In Memory of Jon Dreymann 08-13-09 WWR NRC Who left us way too soon. Farvel min venn. |
|
|
slowwalker
Posts: 76
Leasburg NC 27291
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:10 PM |
Alert
|
My prayers are with the Family and friends of SGT Dale Griffin.
We have lost another Hero to who we owe our Freedom!
|
|
|
|
|
mailman
Posts: 22222
West Branch, MI - Michigan Regional Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Senior Ride Captain
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:16 PM |
Alert
|
| My deepest condolences to the family and friends of SGT Dale R. Griffin. Rest In Peace Hero. |
|
"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."
Jim
"mailman"
US Army 1970 - 1972 |
|
|
sig22
Posts: 4179
New Port Richey, Fl
Senior Ride Captain
FL State Captain - Retired
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:29 PM |
Alert
|
I send my sincere condolences to the family and friends of SGT Dale R. Griffin. May the Lord comfort you in the difficult days ahead.
Godspeed Dale.....Godspeed.....
Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives on….
Cherished memories never fade
Because one loved is gone.
Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart….
For as long as there is memory,
They live on in our hearts.
|
|
Bobbie Bilotta
Sig22@patriotguard.org
RIDING IN LOVING MEMORY OF:
PGR TN member and friend John "SmokyMtnSporty" Deniakis - 09 Jun 2008
"Optimistically pessimistic about life"
PGR GA Ride Captain (Ret) Mike "Deltoid" Bland - 22 Feb 2008
"It's all good"
PGR FL Senior Ride Captain Jack "Jacklok" Loken - 20 Oct 2007
"Take care, ride safe"
Always in our thoughts....Forever in our hearts.... |
|
|
TMR
Posts: 2996
Willow Springs IL
|
| 29 Oct 2009 5:50 PM |
Alert
|
"There is no greater love", say the Lord, "than to lay down your life for a friend".
Thank you and God Bless you, SGT Griffin, for being willing to do just that.... for me and mine.
'Rest easy, son, at the top of the stairs.'
Standing in spirit in Willow Springs IL Timmer
|
|
|
|
|
bbuch
Posts: 234
Mooresville NC
|
| 29 Oct 2009 6:08 PM |
Alert
|
My most sincere condolences to the family of SGT. Dale Griffin. May God and the precious memories of your brave hero comfort you in the days to come? Prayers are with you from every part of the nation and your hero will not be forgotten. SGT. Griffin rest in peace and in the knowledge that so many people do care and thank you for your service and sacrifice. May your family find comfort and peace in their hearts during these trying times and your service to this great country is truly appreciated, now rest in peace.
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?”
[Eleanor Roosevelt]
Helicopter Combat Squadron 6
USS Sylvania
USS Concord
|
|
BBuch
USN
Moresville, NC |
|
|
monmixr
Posts: 1935
Bartlett, Illinois
|
| 29 Oct 2009 6:12 PM |
Alert
|
My sincere condolences and prayers to family and friends of SGT. Dale R. Griffin. I am forever grateful for your service to our country. Your service and sacrifices will not be forgotten. You are and will remain a True American Hero. May you Forever Rest in Peace.
|
|
Proud member of the often imitated never duplicated Illinois Patriot Guard Riders.
Eric C. Kuhn
Ride Captain
Illinois Patriot Guard Riders
In memory of CPT Steven M. Strickland B/3 AVN BN 15 SEP 1980
In memory of CW3 Donald G. Cicuzza Jr.
In memory of Carl W. Kuhn WWII Vet. 1927-2009 |
|
|
Pepper_guy
Posts: 10137
Lacey, WA
|
| 29 Oct 2009 6:52 PM |
Alert
|
My sincere condolences and prayers to family and friends of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, U.S. Army / OEF. Sgt. Griffin, I am forever grateful for your service to our country. Your service and sacrifices will not be forgotten. You are and will remain a "TRUE AMERICAN HERO". May you Forever Rest in Peace.
|
|
Junius Henry
PGR Member #10094 |
|
|
kbell
Posts: 2981
Jacksonville, Florida Ride Captain
|
| 29 Oct 2009 6:53 PM |
Alert
|
| My sincere condolences and prayers to the family and friends of SGT Dale R Griffin. May your faith give you strength. May your memories give you comfort. May GOD'S love give you peace. |
|
Karen (kerrybell) Trone
If you are going to worry then don't pray...
If you are going to pray then don't worry !!
For I know the plans I have for you....
Jeremiah 29:11
Live simply. Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.
|
|
|
hbiker
Posts: 1314
huntington beach
|
| 29 Oct 2009 7:17 PM |
Alert
|
Our sincere condolences go out to the entire family of Sgt. Griffin. May the Lord give you peace, strength and comfort during this difficult time. It is because of warriors like yourself Sgt. Griffin that we live with the freedoms we have. Thank you for your service and fight for our country. May you forever rest in peace.
|
|
|
|
|
1armymom
Posts: 999
Virginia Beach, VA
VA State HOTH Coordinator
VA D5 Ride Captain UI
User Accounts Support Team
|
| 29 Oct 2009 7:28 PM |
Alert
|
To the family and loved ones of SGT. Dale R. Griffin,
It is with great sorrow that I extend my condolences upon the loss of your Hero, who gave his all in the fight for freedom, and in the defense of his brothers and sisters and our grateful nation. May God give you strength until you meet again.
SGT. Griffin,
May God protect and guide your fellow warriors as they carry on without you; and bestow unto them, courage and strength to travel this most difficult path. I pray The Lord will grant your fellow warriors the grace and perseverance to see the mission through.
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime, with intense gratitude.
|
|
Honor Our Armed Services, Pay It Forward!
Proud Mom of U.S. Army SSG Worrell, 702 BSB 4B/2ID Stryker Brigade Combat Team
3 Time Blue Star Mom ~ OIF
Forum Moderator: WWW.STRYKERNEWS.COM
DAR, Blue Star Mothers Inc.,
Virginia State HOTH Coordinator, Virginia Patriot Guard, District 5 'Hampton Roads', Ride Captain UI,
Honor and Remember, VA State Chapter, Sergeant-At-Arms
"Who kept the faith and fought the fight;
The glory theirs, the duty ours."~Wallace Bruce
"For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions, but there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them,
graven not on stone but in the hearts of men." ~Pericles (c. 600 B.C.)
|
|
|
ivetret
Posts: 2449
Shermer, IL
|
| 29 Oct 2009 7:56 PM |
Alert
|
I know there are no words to say at this time, except how sorry that I am. I truly feel your loss and pain. Dale shall never be forgotten.
My deepest sympathy to the friends and family.
I appreciate all of his contributions to our country and may there be a special place for him in heaven.
~+~
Rose
|
|
“Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?”
[Eleanor Roosevelt]
@}-,-`- |
|
|
1stCavMP
Posts: 639
Warren, Ohio
|
| 29 Oct 2009 8:10 PM |
Alert
|
Our Heartfelt Condolences to the Family and Friends of Dale R. Griffin. May God Comfort you in this time of need and the hard days ahead.
Thank You Sgt. Griffin, for your service and sacrifice to our Country. You will NOT be forgotten.
Rest in Peace Soldier |
|
545th. MP Co., 1st. Cav. Div. 1976-1978
838th. MP Co., Ohio ANG 82-83 |
|
|
swanner
Posts: 360
Lafayette, IN
|
| 29 Oct 2009 9:40 PM |
Alert
|
| Thank you Sgt. Dale R. Griffin for your service and sacrifice. May God bless you. My condolences to the family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this most difficult time...Stan |
|
|
|
|
Rondawg
Posts: 441
Madisonville, Republic of Texas
|
| 30 Oct 2009 2:58 AM |
Alert
|
Thank you, SGT. Dale R. Griffin for your service to this Nation. Individuals like you put your life on the line and sacrifice your lives for our freedoms. And it breaks my heart. I pray each day that the Lord our God will provide each and every one of our soldiers an Angel to watch over and protect them. It is the soldier that gives us freedom, not the politicians. Only two people ever died for our freedoms. One was Jesus Christ and the other was the American Soldier. The least I can do is pay homage and respect to this Hero and his family.
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America “for an amount of up to and including my life.”
That is Honor.
To the family of this American Hero: We as a nation grieve with you in your loss. His adherence to “Duty to God and Country” will not be forgotten. Death is a time to rejoice in the life someone had and the lives they touched on this earth. Life is but a blink of an eye. May the Great Architect take this Hero and his family into his council, protect and heal them.
|
|
You don't have to love war, but you do have to love the Warrior!
The sound of 200 people holding flags -- is deafening.
Rondawg
PGR Member #2799
Madisonville, Republic of Texas
Riding in Honor of:
Wm. Travis Nelson (USN / Korean War) Brother
Ryan L. Nelson (USN / Pentagon on 9/11/01) Son
CW3 Brandon Leggett (7th Cav. Chopper Pilot/ Operation Iraq Freedom--- 6/17 Cav./Task Force Saber)Son-in-law
Sgt. Perry Kuykendauhl (Ranger / Omaha Beach) Uncle
Lt. Joel Nelson (101 Airborn / Nam) Cousin
Sgt. Ralph Brisco (USMC / Iwo Jima) Friend
And in HONOR and MEMORY of:
PFC Brett Tribble (Friend), PFC Jeff Shaffer, Staff Sgt. Ed Reynolds, CPL Benji Rosales, Spc. Carl Eason, Cpt. David M. Fraser, Sgt.Gary S. Johnston (Son of a friend), SSgt. Gary C. Johnston (KIA Viet Nam: Uncle of Sgt. Gary S. Johnston), Pfc Cory Koster, Sgt. Ryan P. Green, Pfc Larry Guyton, Lnc Cpl Bobby Twitty, Sgt. Randell Olguin, CW3 Don Clark, CW2 Chris Humphreys, and ALL past and present who have served for this Country. I am Proud and Honored to do so. |
|
|
WildBillPurdue
Posts: 169
SRC - NW IN - Lafayette, IN
|
| 30 Oct 2009 6:25 AM |
Alert
|
| My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this fine hero! Rest in peace Soldier!
Standing by in Lafayette. |
|
USAF Dad (former)
USAF 81-92
SRC North West Indiana Region
wildbillpurdue@comcast.net
765.418.2870
Riding for
Jim "biskit" Duncan
01/19/43 - 04/01/09
NW INPG RC
|
|
|
dlinjerdal
Posts: 2114
|
| 30 Oct 2009 6:38 AM |
Alert
|
| May God Bless and hold close the friends and family of SGT. Griffin in this most difficult time we are so sorry for your loss we will never forget you Dale we will always have you in our hearts and forever be garteful to you for our freedom,rest well our hero you are with God now. |
|
Jerry & Linda |
|
|
LZ__Morgan
Posts: 615
( Patch Morgan ) Ride Captain Eastern (Estill County) KY.
|
| 30 Oct 2009 7:09 AM |
Alert
|
| My Heartfelt Condolences to the Family and Friends of SGT. Dale R. Griffin. Our thoughts and Prayers will be with you. |
|
Remember: That No Matter How Many Missions You Have Been On. All That Matters To The Family, Is The Mission Your On Today. By (~ Roert~ ).
Ride Captain Eastern Kentucky
Estill County
( PATCH ) Morgan
VFWMR Unit 8019
|
|
|
leupold74
Posts: 64
Finger Lakes, NY
|
| 30 Oct 2009 7:49 AM |
Alert
|
My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of SGT. Dale R. Griffin. May your faith give you comfort & sustain you during this most difficult time.
Thank you to a true hero who answered the call to duty, performing the selfless act of giving of oneself to serve their country and your willingness to defend the United States of America and her freedoms and interests. Your death brings much sorrow and sadness to the hearts and lives of your family, friends, military brothers and sisters, each and every member of the Patriot Guard Riders, and all who truly appreciate their freedom. We are proud of your service and dedication in that which you believed in and fought for. Your mission is complete. You are truly an American hero and the world in which we live is a safer place because of your commitment to freedom. We will now proudly stand for you with honor, dignity, and respect. We pray that you will now rest peacefully in the arms of God. May he provide peace, comfort, and understanding to every life you have touched.
|
|
Brian Donnelly, '99 FLHR, NYPGR Region 2 RC, ALR, HOG, ABATE, Slainte'
|
|
|
PCDOC
Posts: 62
Francesville, Indiana
|
| 30 Oct 2009 9:11 AM |
Alert
|
| I would like to convey my deepest heart felt condolences to your family and friends on there lost. You will not be far from my thoughts and prayers in the days that lay ahead. May God keep his arms around all those who grieve.
If a man has done his best, what else is there?
Dale Ready Asst’ Senior Ride Captain,
American Veterans Motorcycle Riders Association
82nd Airborne Div. Fort Bragg, N.C.,
Vietnam Veteran 62
American Legion Post 96,
La Societe Des 40 and 8.
|
|
|
|
|
markjohnson
Posts: 49
|
| 30 Oct 2009 9:27 AM |
Alert
|
Dear family and friends of SGT. Dale R. Griffin,
Our deepest sympathies and most reverent prayers are with you at this difficult time. Take time to reflect on a memory of Dale laughing so hard that he cried. Take time to grieve the loss of a loved one. Above all, take time to celebrate the life of an American Hero. Our hearts and prayers are with you.
With respect and honor,
Mark Johnson |
|
Mark "SkidMark" Johnson
"You don't get to choose whether or not you stand behind your troops, for they have already chosen to stand in FRONT of you"
PGR Rider - '03 HD Road King Police
Desert Storm Veteran '88~'94 U.S.N.
Attack Submarine USS Batfish - SSN-681 |
|
|
sailor74
Posts: 183
OAK LAWN,IL
|
| 30 Oct 2009 9:30 AM |
Alert
|
| MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF SGT DALE R GRIFFIN, YOU ARE AN AMERICAN HERO ! MAY YOU REST IN PEACE, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN ! |
|
IN MEMORY OF OVER 58,044 BROTHERS WHO NEVER RETURNED VIETNAM 62-75 ! PROUD BLUE STAR DAD ! |
|
|
|
| You are not authorized to post a reply. |
|
|
|
ActiveForums 3.6
|
|
|
|