Archives for October 2010

USFallen.org received an editorial response from Toll Roads News regarding the handling of a fallen warrior. The bottom-line is he feels the PGR and USFallen.org actions are sad and pathetic for exposing OK Toll Authority’s lack of respect rather than protesting the war or the enemy.

Last October, we as a country, were suffering from many losses due to war. On Oct. 26, last year I woke up to learn a helicopter crashed in Iraq and claimed the lives of 7 Army soldiers. One of those soldiers was SSG Shawn Henry McNabb, 24, of Terrell, TX.

On Oct. 14, 2010 3 soldiers were killed after being attacked by insurgents in Afghanistan including SSG Carlos Benitez. With a wife and two children living in Colorado and a mother with two siblings living in Dallas, the arrangements for SSG Carlos Benitez’s return were chaotic.

It is with a heavy heart to announce the homecoming if SSG Carlos A. Benitez, 24, KIA on October 14, 2010 in Afghanistan, is expected to return to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

Cody A. Board – Memorial Tribute. This video highlights the events of Pfc. Cody A. Board, KIA Oct. 4, his homecoming on Oct 14, and interment on Oct. 16, at Ft. Sills National Cemetery.

The remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Arthur F. Parkhurst, of Evansville, Ind., were returned to his family for a burial with full military honors on Oct. 16 in Dayton, Ohio, the Pentagon’s Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office said in a release.

Recently, we were introduced to Steven C. Barber who produced a modern day documentary, as he followed, World War II combat veteran Leon Cooper, who embarks on what he considers his final mission – to preserve the hallowed ground of one of World War II’s deadliest battlefields at Red Beach on Tarawa Island. We consider Leon Cooper’s action an example of doing the right thing.

McKinney, TX (Oct. 14, 2010) at 4:00PM and as family, friends, Patriot Guard Riders, 1st Cavalry, and the southern comfort of a appreciative community welcomed their hero home- Pfc. Cody A. Board.

Considering this young warrior has paid the ultimate price you would think his funeral procession would be allowed access free of charge. To our shock and horror, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, after repeated requests for an exception, has informed the family they must pay the toll fees.

(Oct. 12, 2010) Houston, Texas. McNerney was born on June 2, 1931, in Lowell, Massachusetts, died Oct. 10, 2010. His father was a decorated World War I veteran, having received the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts. Two of his siblings served in World War II and a third was a fighter pilot in Vietnam.