Hero Stories for memorial necklace

Thank you for the opportunity to share information with you concerning our son, SPC Luke Frist, who we lost Jan. 5, 2007. I have also attached two pictures of Luke, one which includes his two sisters. Again thank you, Dennis and Patti Frist Luke Frist was born in Lafayette, IN on April 17, 1983. He was the youngest child of Dennis and Patti Frist and was welcomed home by two older sisters, Johanna and Erin. When he was 5 years old his family moved to an old farmhouse in southwest White Coun...

My hero 1st is my son Sgt John Steadman jr,He just got back from Afganistan 3 months ago and had been there 15 months. He left behind a large family including a wife ,2 small sons and a daughter. He got ambushed more than once, shot out all the time, food wasnt so good. He had health problems but had to suffer thru them until he came back to the states and is still waiting for them to be taken care of. The Hero bracelet I got was for the soldier from Johns unit that we lost 11-10-07. I wear i...

Our hero is Cpl. Jimmy L. Shelton. Jimmy was KIA in FOB Summerall, Bayji Iraq 12/3/05. He joined the Army to go get the bad guys. He believed he could make a difference....and he did. Jimmy was a genuine person with so many friends. He was the type of friend that was always there. He was the kind of son that made us so very proud of him. He was always making us laugh. At his graduation he wore under his gown the Garfield pajamas that he made in home-ec. He also learned how to make th...

My son was SFC Collin J. Bowen. He was injured on 1/2/08 and died of his injuries on 3/14/08. He was the toughest kid I know. He loved the military. He only had some 22 days left in country when a friend fo his asked if he would drive the Humvee on another mission. Collin's character was such that he couldn't say no. The mission was completed and they had stop just over 2 miles from the base to celebrate the completed successful mission. They were sitting in the vehicle smoking cuban cigars w...

Hello my hero is Kevin F. Sheehan When i hear the name Kevin I think Friend Uncle great fathers and hero. He was my hero long before the dreadful day. He was 11 years older then me and i always looked up to him I remember one time when i was about 9 years old we went to my uncles camp in Vermont with my Dad brother John aunt Heather and uncle Kevin it was still really cold out but the boys were going to take a Bath in the pond seeing them in there i of course had to go to. I went in the cold...

Dear Sir: Our Hero is Pastor. Jan Koczera. He is our Assistant Pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square, NJ and a Chaplain in the NJ National Guard. He is currently stationed at Fort Bliss TX and will be deployed to Iraq in September. This is his second tour of duty in Iraq. He has given our congregation so much in the way of leadership, sermons and outreach ministries that we chose the Hero Bracelets as a way to honor him for his service to us and our country. Th...

My hero is currently serving in South Korea at Camp Redcloud his name is PFC Robert Eaton he is my oldest son and is 21 years old.This is my favorite picture of him it is when he graduated boot camp. Hes the one in the midd

My hero is my father George Stephens. As a young guy of 18 right out of High School he joined the United States Army Air Corp and was trained as an aerial gunner in heavy and medium bombers eventually doing duty in A-20 Havocs and A-26 Invaders. He was of the generation that fought the dictators of the world as much for American freedom and values as to defend the freedoms and independence of peoples around the world who were in danger of losing theirs. He grew up in the Great Depression in r...

When I was a teenager, my best friend invited me to sing Christmas carols with her church youth group. The youth group's minister had a list of shut-ins and our mission that night was to stop in front of as many houses as possible, and belt out Jingle Bells, Silent Night and a few other favorites before movingon. To me, it was an opportunity to have a night out with my friends, dress in my coolest clothes and have hot chocolate together when it was over. It wasn't going to take a whole l...

June 2, 2005 Hi Handsome, Garfield wants me to do a little speech about you. To tell everyone a little bit about - what a great guy you are. I know your thinking - great - As you're putting on the famous David Alan smirk & just shrugging your shoulders My mom is going to speak about me & given the fact she's been such a basket case these days - she's going to make this an emotional wreck. She'll have people crying in the aisles !! But you know what Davey - it's Ok I'll reframe from te...