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David Louis Thorpe
Private First Class
A CO, 1ST BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV Army of the United States San Andreas, California February 01, 1946 to August 08, 1966 DAVID L THORPE is on the Wall at Panel 9E, Line 119 |
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As we grew up we were close cousins, I always looked up to him ... he was a fun kid to hang out with. One of the stories I really remember is going to our Grandma's house for some kind of holiday party. We as kids would become bored ... We would go in the house and get the box of soda crackers and sit on Grandma's front porch and would stuff our mouths so full til we couldn't get anymore in - then we would try and talk. As we talked the soda crackers would spray everywhere ... we really thought that was funny, til the next day Grams would say "You kids need to start eating those crackers on the lawn". We would look at each other and die laughing. David was a mischievous kid that basicly got into trouble when he was older so as the story goes he had a choice back then go into the Army or go to jail. He chose the Army (not sure that was a wise one looking back on that now). He was always a happy type of guy, things really didn't bother him - so what if he went to Vietnam, it's the experience of it all he said. David spent one year in the Army before we got the horrible news he was dead. It's been 38 years and still my heart is heavy ... I really miss his smile.
From a cousin, |
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