Kenneth Eugene Lockhart
Staff Sergeant
C BTRY, 7TH BN, 9TH ARTILLERY, 54TH ARTY GROUP, II FIELD FORCE, USARV Army of the United States Kingsport, Tennessee June 10, 1943 to May 18, 1969 KENNETH E LOCKHART is on the Wall at Panel W24, Line 44 |
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Kenneth, my brother and friend, I miss you so much. Funny how things can change overnight. I remember that a few days before we were mad at each other, and I don't remember why. All I know is that on May 17, 1969, we went to pick some film and supplies, including fresh bread for the evening meal. When we came back, we ate and got ready to watch the movie. Remember how we ran when the B-52s downloaded their deliveries nearby? I could not believe that we went to sleep and at 1:30 AM the first RPG was heard and someone screamed "Incoming." I was taking care of the wounded, but I think I saw you and Rice just minutes before the RPG hit the bunker. I think I saw you, but I had so much to do that it did not click into my head. Around 6:30 AM, the black Cobra choppers controlled the perimeter. When I asked someone about you two, someone told me what had transpired and I lost it. I already had lost my hearing and voice, but I cried for hours. It was a pain that was unbearable, it lasted for years until I was able to see your name and Patrick's name on the Wall. I now it is a matter of time before we see each other. I hope you will remember me too. Godspeed to you, brothers.
Francisco Cordero-Rivera If one of Kenneth's or Patrick Rice's relatives read this, please feel free to contact me. |
A Note from The Virtual WallFire Support Base HUSKY was located just outside Xuan Loc in Long Khanh Province. On the night of 17/18 May 1969 FSB HUSKY was hit by a combined mortar, rocket, and sapper attack. Parts of the FSB were overrun and a number of the heavy guns were destroyed or put out of action - for example, four of C Btry 2/9 Arty's six 105mm howitzers were unusable, hindering the defense. Although the FSB held out against the attack, thirteen soldiers and one sailor were killed and a number of others wounded. The American dead were
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