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Ross Thomas Hulslander
Corporal
A CO, 2ND BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 173RD ABN BDE, USARV Army of the United States Gainesville, Florida November 21, 1947 to September 19, 1968 ROSS T HULSLANDER is on the Wall at Panel W43, Line 37 |
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I did not know you. I lost my godfather, James Chester Schultz, on the same day and in the same place that you so bravely lost your life. For that I praise you. You lost your life so that I can live in freedom. God Rest Your Soul...
A memorial initiated by the friend of a Vietnam Vet, |
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I am Frances Olivia Gross. ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDER was my brother. Today I stop to remember his life, his time with us, and his courageous and honorable death in VietNam. He was a wonderful human being, a brave, daring Paratrooper, a loving son, brother, and friend. No combat challenge was too great for him. He honored God by saving other men through his own death. My parents were very proud of him and we have missed him so much. Thank you to all those who visit his memory here. His last words to my father on leaving to fight in VietNam were "DRIVE ON", he never looked back ... Tommy, we miss you ... Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty...
With all my love, Your Sister Fran |
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In Honor and Memory of Ross Thomas HulslanderCorporalA Co, 2nd Bn, 503rd Inf Reg, 173 Abne Bde Army of the United States Our Beloved Cousin, whom we miss in life and love, killed in action September 19, 1968 in Vietnam. We give thanks to God for the gift of his life to us for the season of time that we had with him, and for his service to our great nation. We will never forget him and so many others who made the ultimate sacrifice for us. As long as I live, I will never forget the day I came home from my Cub Scout meeting in September 1968, and saw my mother standing there in front of our house - I knew what had happened before the car came to a stop. I was eight years old. Later, when I heard the account about how Tom died in combat, and his bravery in saving others, words could not describe how this affected me for the rest of my life in appreciation of his sacrifice and our brave military men and women. Also, I am deeply moved in remembering my mother sharing a passage from his one of his letters home ... that "we are marching with God". Sometime after Tom's death, during church one Sunday morning, we were singing 'Onward Christian Soldiers' as a closing hymn, I believe, when my mother left suddenly during the middle of the hymn, visibly shaken and upset in a way I had never seen her before. Later at home my father told me my mother was crying because Tom would have come home. To this day, and for the rest of my life, when I sing this hymn, I think of Tommy. We will never forget Tom and his love for God and this great country of ours. We will never forget his love for his father Sid, mother Fanny, brother Vic, sisters Jane-Marie and Fran, as well as for the rest of his family like us, his cousins, who will always deeply honor and revere his memory for the rest of our days. We still miss the rides he gave us in 'the Batmobile' - his Triumph TR6. May God bless the memory and sacrifice of Ross Thomas Hulslander. In memory, In love, and In honor,
Thomas and Ann Marie Kaufmann, and Tommy, |
A Note from The Virtual Wall"A" Company, 2/503rd Infantry, lost three men on 19 Sep 1968:
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