Kansas XV

As we enter the holiday season, I would like to submit a few more heroes for our remembrance and respect.

I, once again, will call on the submissions from Molly Macdonald's visit to Kansas. Molly as you know, if you are a regular here, is among the group who have so generously contributed sites they have visited to this effort. My gratitude to Molly, and everyone else who has sent me pics, knows no bounds. Molly, and all the rest, have added greatly to the knowledge and completeness of these efforts.

I hope many more of you will join her in honoring the men and women who served and those who were lost.

These three are honored on a small memorial stone in Pratt, Kansas. Several other posts from this site may be seen elsewhere on this site.

Forrest Dean Hoeme

PFC Forrest "Frosty" Hoeme was lost on March 11, 1967. He was lost in an fierce fire fight that drove the VC from their compound. He was from Preston which is not far from Pratt.

Donald E. Moore

SFC Moore was lost on February 7, 1968 to rifle fire at Gia Dinh. His family consisting of his wife and seven children lived in Lancaster, PA. As a long time Army vet the family had lived in several places, but SFC Moore was a native of Pratt, KS. 

Next time on the 22nd we will return to my annual break from memorials, and as usual, I will post a few pics from other places about other things and hope that you enjoy them (I like to remind myself, and others, each year that I am more than just a memorial photographer!) These will post, as usual, at 9:00 am. 

I wish those who celebrate any of the many, many celebrations that occur this time of year a happy and joyous celebration.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.