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Aranel 
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Houston, Tx
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| 13 Nov 2007 1:00 PM |
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Updated 16 Nov 07 at 1247 Cst Sandra
**** MISSION UPDATE posted 16 Nov 07, 1215hrs ****
Airport:
DuPage Airport
2700 International Dr.
West Chicago, IL 60185
Staging Time:
8:00AM
Staging Area:
West side of Airport, corner of International Drive and Kautz Rd.
Briefing:
8:30AM, Flagline immediatley following briefing.
PGR will escort from the airport to Ahlgrim Funeral Home in Elmhurst, IL
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-bogie
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IL Coordinator - Red, White & Blue Book
McHenry County, IL H.O.G.
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Updated 14 Nov 07 1957 est S Sturgis
Airport Escort Tentative Place and Time:
Airport: TBA
Date: Saturday, Nov 17, 2007
Staging Time: TBA
PGR will escort from the airport to Ahlgrim Funeral Home in Elmhurst, IL
VISITATION:
Patriot Guard will hold a flagline in honor and respect.
Date: Monday November 19, 2007
1:30PM to 8:00PM
If only for an hour please come any hour and hold a flag for this Great American Hero.
Location: Ahlgrim Funeral Home
567 Spring Rd.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Staging: 1:00PM at the Funeral Home
FUNERAL:
Patriot Guard will hold a flagline at the church before the service and escort to the cemetary.
Date: Tuesday November 20, 2007
10:00AM Service
Location: Immaculate Conception
134 Arthur
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Staging: 9:00AM at Church
Following the service, PGR will escort to St. Marys Cemetary, Elmhurst (3 blocks from the church).
RC/Support: Sue DeVries, phone: 708-606-5837
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-vanek13nov13,1,723165.story
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No. 1311-07
November 13, 2007 |
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who
was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Joseph M. Vanek, 22, of Elmhurst, Ill., died Nov. 12 in Baghdad,
Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using
small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th
Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information, media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division
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drpepper
Posts: 3089
Texas Gulf Coast
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| 13 Nov 2007 1:33 PM |
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Thank you Sgt Vanek for your honorable service and ultimate sacrifice to our homeland....
My sincere heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of this brave young hero, may GOD be with you during this difficult time.... |
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It is the Military who salutes YOUR flag, who serves beneath YOUR flag, whose coffin is draped by YOUR flag, and who by their service allows the protester to burn YOUR flag.
Riding in memory of my home town friends who didn't return from Vietnam:
Pete Clark, Dennis Fisher (next door neighbor), & Tommy "Saba" Clark
377 Combat Support Group, 21st MedEvac, Vietnam 1969-1971
Riding a HD Fatboy....
Support your local
Viet Nam Vets MC / Legacy Vets MC
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custer7thcav
Posts: 9014
Hillsboro, Ohio
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| 13 Nov 2007 3:34 PM |
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| My deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek. Thank you, sir, for your service. God bless you, and be with your family during this very difficult time. Rest in peace. |
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custer7thcav
In honor and memory of
Sgt. Bill L. Mullins, 1/7 Cav, Vietnam '65-'66
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iScoot2
Posts: 2070
handlebar to handlebar with my ole man
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| 13 Nov 2007 5:08 PM |
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Rest In Peace Sgt. Joe Vanek.
Sincere condolences and prayers for family and friends.
Respects,
Scoot
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Patriotism is more than a sentiment; it is a conviction based upon a comprehension of the duties of a citizen and a determination loyally to perform such duties.
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PGRLabLuvr
Posts: 9248
Naples, FL
Senior Ride Captain
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| 13 Nov 2007 5:10 PM |
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My deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Family and Friends of this Fallen Hero. We thank you for your sacrifice, we are a grateful nation. May your pain be tempered in the knowledge that Joe is a True American Hero and he will Never be Forgotten.
Ride safe my Brothers and Sisters, I will be with you all in Spirit. Stand Tall, Stand Proud…An American Hero Is Coming Home.
Stand down, SGT Joe Vanek, your mission is now complete, may you rest in Honored, Eternal Peace.
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Joan "PGRLabLuvr" Colosimo
Florida Senior Ride Captain
Proud Military Blue Star Mom
USAF - TSgt Jennifer and her husband, TSgt Mark "Mac" McIntosh - Dyess
USAR - WO1 Dominic Sutherland - Ft. Rucker
Standing the Flagline...
In Honor of:
SP4 L. Gary Grassi - 4th Infantry Division - Kontum, South Vietnam - 05 FEB 1968 - 37/35
In Memory of:
Ed "oldiron6" Barrett
Jack "jacklok" Loken, Jr.
Mike "deltoid79" Bland
Tom "Flaman2u" Rowell
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
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ac57
Posts: 1617
A.L.R. Post 111 Dallas,Georgia
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| 13 Nov 2007 5:12 PM |
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| My thoughts and prayers for the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek during this very difficult time . We are forever grateful for this Hero’s courage , service , and sacrifice for our Nation . We will never forget. God Bless |
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A.L.R. Post 111
Dallas , Georgia
cell # 678 - 371 - 6321
PGR Member # 15501
Do your duty in all things . You cannot do more , you should never wish to do less .
General Robert E. Lee
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sig22
Posts: 4179
New Port Richey, Fl
Senior Ride Captain
FL State Captain - Retired
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| 13 Nov 2007 5:22 PM |
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I send my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek. May the Lord comfort you in the difficult days ahead.
Godspeed Joe.....Godspeed..... |
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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.... |
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dlinjerdal
Posts: 2114
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| 13 Nov 2007 6:07 PM |
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| May God Bless and hold close the friends and family of Sgt. Vanek in this most difficult time we are so sorry for your loss we will never forget you Joe we will always have you in our hearts and will forever be grateful to you for our freedom rest well our hero you are with God now. |
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HDriderDave1
Posts: 7117
N. AL Ride Capt. Madison, AL
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| 13 Nov 2007 6:36 PM |
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God Bless Sgt Joe Vanek, family and friends. My sincere condolences to the family and friends. Thank you for your service and sacrifice Great Warrior. I pray the lord takes you into his Kingdom. May you rest in peace "A True American Hero". You will not be forgotten! I will be standing there in spirit with my fellow brothers.
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Lord Jesus help me as I mourn, comfort me with the knowledge of your love which is stronger than death. Enable me to trust you for the future of my love ones and myself. Help me to cast all of my care on you, knowing that the grave holds no power over those who trust in you. Amen. |
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catbrooks
Posts: 1787
Lake Mary, FL
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| 13 Nov 2007 6:43 PM |
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My family and I send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of this young American hero. May you find peace in knowing the love and memories you have will live in your hearts forever, and comfort knowing you are in the hearts and prayers of so many.
Sgt. Joe Vanek, our world is a safer place because of brave and selfless warriors like you, rest in peace... |
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"To live in the hearts of those you leave behind
is never to die"
~Robert Orr~
In loving memory of Sgt John D Rode
KIA 02/14/07 Baquaba Iraq |
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Pepper_guy
Posts: 10137
Lacey, WA
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| 13 Nov 2007 7:35 PM |
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My sincere condolences and prayers to family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek, U.S. Army Airborne / OIF. Sgt. Vanek, 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.
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aoop
Posts: 3314
Vidor, Orange County, TX
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| 13 Nov 2007 7:39 PM |
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James M. Richards
Vidor,TX
US Navy 1969-1972 Damage Control
jmrichards@aoop.net http://www.myspace.com/stoneagegeek
Travel in Memory of: Pvt Clinton Victor Richards, (Uncle) WWI, USA, KIA, GySgt Joseph B. Richards ,USMC, (Father) WWII, Deceased, SSgt Leroy Richards, USMC, (Uncle) WWII, Deceased, Pvt Dewitt E. Rabalais, USMC, Father in Law, Deceased, Col Gilbert Meibaum, USMC, VN, AO, SN Larry Slaymaker, USN, VN, KIA and each and every Brother and Sister who has worn the uniform and lifted their right hand to make the Promise to willingly die if need be to defend the freedoms of our Citizens and the innocents abroad.
A Mother asked President Bush, "Why did my Child have to die in Afghanistan?" Another Mother asked President Kennedy,"Why did my Child have to die in Vietnam?" Another Mother asked President Truman, "Why did my Child have to die in Korea?" Another Mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,"Why did my Child have to die at Iwo Jima ?" Another Mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my Child have to die on the battlefield of France ?" Yet another Mother asked President Lincoln,"Why did my Child have to die at Gettysburg ?" And yet another Mother asked President G.Washington, "Why did my Child have to die near Valley Forge?" Long, long ago a Mother (Mary) asked, "Heavenly Father, why did my Child have to die on a cross outside Jerusalim?" All the answers are so near the same. One died to save our Souls and the others died to protect our Freedoms. |
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mailman
Posts: 22222
West Branch, MI - Michigan Regional Ride Captain Zephyrhills, FL - Florida Senior Ride Captain
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| 13 Nov 2007 7:41 PM |
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| Deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek. Rest In Peace Hero. |
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"Eyes on the olive branch, but arrows at the ready."
Jim
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US Army 1970 - 1972 |
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TMR
Posts: 2996
Willow Springs IL
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| 13 Nov 2007 7:52 PM |
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Straight to heaven....
"There is no greater love", say the Lord, "than to lay down your life for a friend".
Thank you and God Bless you, Sgt Vanek, for being willing to do just that.... for me and mine.
'Rest easy, son, at the top of the stairs.'
Standing by in Willow Springs IL TMR |
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690MedCo
Posts: 4677
Huntington Beach, CA
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| 13 Nov 2007 7:57 PM |
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Thank you Sgt. Joe Vanek for your dedicated service and sacrifice to defend this great country of ours!! Our thoughts & prayers are with you, your family and friends of this fallen hero to ease them through these difficult times. You will never be forgotten! Rest in peace young soldier.
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SP4 U.S. Army 1976-1979
Medical Specialist
690th Medical Co (amb)
34th Medical Btn
Ft Benning, GA
U.S. Army Reserve (IRR)1979-1982
Patriot Guard Rider
Leave No Veteran Behind!
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Matthew 5:9
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milktoast
Posts: 3702
West Branch, MI Zephyrhills, FL
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| 13 Nov 2007 8:23 PM |
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| My heartfelt condolences and prayers to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek. Words alone cannot express my debt and gratitude for his service and sacrifice. This hero will live on in my heart forever. |
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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 |
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acratliff
Posts: 2745
Charleston, SC
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| 13 Nov 2007 8:27 PM |
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| Thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice Sgt. Joe Vanek. May you eternally rest in peace and never be forgotten. My sincerest condolences are offered to family and friends. |
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Uffda
Posts: 13725
Wonder Lake, IL
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| 13 Nov 2007 8:52 PM |
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Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek, USA. May God help you though this difficult time and sorrow. Know
your son 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, Joe.
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.
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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. |
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vf52rcl
Posts: 770
Black Diamond WA. USA
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| 13 Nov 2007 9:07 PM |
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May you rest in peace. My sincere condolences to the family and friends. Thank you for your service and sacrifice Great Warrior. "A True American Hero". You will not be forgotten! I will be standing there in spirit with my fellow brothers. I pray the lord takes you into his Kingdom, Rest in Peace, see you soon my brother.
Richard & Kary.
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To Live is to Love
To Love is to Live
Ride In Memony of my son Roger 1980-2004 |
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ivetret
Posts: 2449
Shermer, IL
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| 13 Nov 2007 9:55 PM |
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My
deepest sympathy to the family of Sergeant Vanek. I
appreciate all of his contributions to our country and may there be a special
place for him in heaven. He gave his 'all' so
young. He has joined the ranks of heroes and I love him for
that. He is America's son, and I am an American. That makes him
partly my loss too. I will never forget.
~+~
Rose
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“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]
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SASTEEL
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"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word
of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so
overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may
be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage
the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of
the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so
costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,"
-- A. Lincoln, Washington, November 21,
1864
"Defend those who defended us!"
Community Team Leader
Soldiers' Angels on Steel Wings
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Jasper54
Posts: 7188
Columbus, Ohio
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| 14 Nov 2007 4:19 AM |
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| I wish to express my sincere prayers and extend my condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek. His service and Supreme Sacrafice made in the defense of our nation must not be forgotten. I pray that the Lord Jesus is there with you to hold you and to comfort you during this difficult time. |
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth , nor any other created thing , shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39.
Visit me at: www.MySpace.com/ChaplainRoger
GySgt. Roger Casto, U.S.M.C. Ret. 1972-1992
Iran/Iraq War Veteran 1988 (Op Earnest Will)
Veteran of Foriegn Wars, Life Member
Double Blue Star Dad
Riding in honor of:
Sgt. Millard Archy, USA, WWI, France; Sgt. John Meyer, USA WWI, France; Sgt. Alva Pete Osborn, USA, WWII, KIA - France; Seaman Bob Schneider, USN, WWII, Purple Heart; Battle of Leyte Gulf; T/Sgt. Russell Casto, USAF Congo Revolution, Viet Nam; Sgt. Ron Casto, USMC C.A.P. Viet Nam; Sgt. Sean Casto, TennANG. Iraq War;
In Honor and Memory of Ten HMLA-267, MAG-39 Marines who Answered the call and made the ULTIMATE SACRAFICE while ensuring the safety and security of our nation:
Lt. Col. Knott, Capt. Dillon, Capt. Dolvin, Capt. Hurley, Capt. Cronin, Sgt. Kilkus, Sgt. Keller, Cpl. Romei, LCpl. Adams, Cpl. Monahan,
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Posts: 207
Allen, Texas
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| 14 Nov 2007 7:54 AM |
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SGT Vanek, thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Nation.
My sincere condolences and prayers to the family and friends of Joe. May God grant you peace and comfort during this time of sorrow.
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wvhusker
Posts: 5828
Ashland, KY
Sr. KY R/C
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| 14 Nov 2007 8:14 AM |
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SGT Vanek,
Thank you for your willingness to defend the United States of America and her freedoms and interests. Your untimely 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 each life you touched.
WVHusker
Tom & Kelly
Ashland, KY
NE KY R/C
US Army, 1988 - 1998
Operations Desert Shield/Storm
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"Heaven Was Needing A Hero" (Jo Dee Messina)
My personal thanks to HUDPatriotGuard for posting this on YouTube. May this touch your heart as it did mine. ~WVHusker
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Posts: 8298
Kinder, La.
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| 14 Nov 2007 8:16 AM |
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| I offer my heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Joe Vanek and my sincere appreciation of his service and ultimate sacrifice to preserve our way of life. America has lost another of its finest. Rest in peace Soldier. |
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Schelly "Toro"
Ride Captain for Lake Charles, La. and surrounding area
American Legion Post 318, Elton, La.
DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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