1 Apr 2004 I AM A SOLDIER SERVING PROUDLY" I am a soldier serving proudly for our great country -- and for you I am a soldier -- and I am proud to do what I must do. I am a soldier serving proudly I stand straight -- and I stand tall ready to defend my country I heard and I answered the call. I am a soldier serving proudly so that others might be free to speak, to learn, to love, to laugh I do my job proudly -- on their behalf. I am a soldier serving proudly away from family and friends and I pray to God as I lay my head that I will see them all again. I am a fallen soldier the enemy was too strong I was in harm's way -- and I am sorry but I won't be coming home. I was a soldier serving proudly but the price of freedom is not free I have fought -- but lost the battle you would do the same for me. For those of you who loved me I thank you for your love and always remember -- that as much as you loved me I loved you back just as much. Grieve for me -- but go on I know that it will be hard but know in your hearts I am with you and I'm your soldier serving proudly with God. - Judy Rathbone Roberts - We miss you, Orrie ... You are in our hearts and in our prayers always. I wanted tell you one more time how much I love you ... and how so very proud of you I am. You were always there for me when we were growing up ... You being the oldest brother you looked out for the rest of us ... You were our hero way back then ... sure hope you knew that. I kept your letters you wrote to me from Nam ... I am keeping that promise to you ... each time I see a soldier I send them my utmost respect and admiration. I tell them how you told me that you were all brothers and how they would be there for me ... You know ... you are right, big brother ... Each soldier I talk to tells me how they honor and respect you ... That "you" are what they mean when they say "Freedom doesn't come free". There is a unspoken bond between me and the soldiers I talk to ... If the world could feel this there would be no wars, no fighting. Many times I feel you are still here ... It may be in the form of my son's smile ... or a song that we use to sing to ... I feel you all around me at times ... You were a great inspiration for me ... I know you would be proud of me ... I know it was your love and faith in me that showed me that I could do anything I set my mind to. I miss you, Orrie ... as the years passed by ... Dad came to join you. Now the day before 9/11 Mom came to be with you too ... Someday we will meet again ... until then I will keep you in my prayers and in my heart brother. In Remembrance If tears could build a stairway And memories were a lane We would walk right up to heaven And bring you back again No farewell words were spoken No time to say goodbye You were gone before we knew it And only God knows why Our hearts still ache in sadness And secret tears still flow What it meant to lose you No one can ever know - Cynthia J. Mackenzie A memorial from his sister, Elizabeth Buskey lizcop7@aol.com

 

28 Jan 2006 Well, my bro, it's been over 30 years now and I have not forgotten you for here I sit writing this down so you will know, bro, I have not forgotten you even if didn't know you. In my heart you will always be, along with all the rest on this Wall. I think soon I will be there with you and I will shake your hand as I come. May God Keep You Always From just a vet, Gary Gilcher boatman_1@clearwire.net

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