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Ultimate Sacrifice

Written on Memorial Day (5/27/13) after visiting All Saints Cemetery and placing a flag on the grave of USMC L/Cpl. William Daley. On January 29, 1969 L/Cpl. Daley died in combat in Vietnam and for his unselfish, heroic actions on that day was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star. The following tribute honors this young Marine and all the fallen heroes who have given their lives for our Nation.

I Fell ©

I fell in distant combat so that you might still stand,

lovingly protected in our forefathers’ promised land.

I fell for liberty and freedom amid battle’s fearsome roar

with thoughts of home and family as others gone before.

I fell beneath a tattered, frayed flag of red, white and blue,

as symbolic and defiantly waving as when it flew anew.

I fell confronting distant cannon, mortar and enemy gun

with unfilled dreams of youth before my time was done.

I fell with courageous brethren overcoming heart pounding fear,

embraced by God’s divine promises beyond this earthly sphere.

I fell awash in battle’s lethal spreading crimson stain,

leaving you to bear the burden, that I did not fall in vain.

Wm. Barnes

Des Plaines, IL

USMC Cpl. (1963–1966)

Wow, thanks.

SALUTE!

Semper fi

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