HN - E3 - Navy - Regular
20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on May 05, 1947
From CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Length of service 1 year.
His tour of duty began on Nov 15, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 22, 1968
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Religion
PROTESTANT
Panel 40E - - Line 71
Jim Fisher
Friend
8914 Vickors Crossing
Brooklyn Park,MN.55443USA
Emil and I first met while we were both stationed
at the Naval Air Station at Great Lakes, IL. We were both corpsman and
were housed in the same barracks. We both knew that we would be going to
Viet Nam, but Emil got his orders several month's before I did. On his
last night at Great Lakes there was a snow storm and the temperature was
very cold. He was pretty nervous and couldn't sleep, so we decided to walk
down to North Chicago and have a bowl of soup at the Town Talk Cafe. We
sat there and talked for a long time, we trudged back through the snow
and talked awhile longer at the barracks and finally got to bed very late
in the morning. Emil had told me that he knew he would not come back from
Viet Nam alive. I told him he was nuts and that he certainly would make
it back. He was emphatic and said he didn't know what it was, but he just
knew he wouldn't. He left the next morning and I never saw Emil again.
He was sent to Khe Sahn. A couple of month's later we got the word that
he had been killed there. His funeral was near his home on the north side
of Chicago and his friends, including myself were pall bearers at his funeral.
Seemed ironic that he knew he wasn't coming back alive, and he was right.
Have talked to several others who knew those that had said the same thing
and were right. Emil was a close friend. There wasn't anything he wouldn't
do for anyone. He was a very good friend and person and his loss has been
a loss for everyone. I miss his friendship. Jim Fisher
Sunday, March 21, 1999
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