On Silver Wings
Posted on 1/21/07 by Dave Avery - averyds@carrollsweb.com
On Silver Wings
They flew The Skies
These Brave Young Men
When Fought And Died
When Duty called
They Went So Brave
Now Families Mourn
Beside Their Grave
Who Can Forget
What Courage They Had
Some Have'Some Did
And That,s So Sad
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
Still Thinking of you
Posted on 11/14/03 by Leonard M. Harris (Harry) - LeonardH2@vba.va.gov
I recently visited the Vietnam Moving Wall in Massachusetts, and left a tribute to Richard...a basketball remembering the times we spent playing in Subic Bay,Phillipines. I will never forget him.
Thank you Mate
Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Richard Daniel Wiehr, for your continued vigilant and faithful service to this great country of ours!
Your Spirit is alive--and strong, therefore Mate, you shall never be forgotten!
Again, thank you Sailor, for a job well done!
MAYBE ONE DAY SOON.....UNTIL THEN.....HEAVENLY PEACE MY FRIEND
Not Forgotten
I have not forgotten you. I chair the Adoption Committee for The National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia. We will always remember the 1,889 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and the thousands of others that lost their lives. We will not stop our efforts until all of you are home where you belong.
We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:
Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
mlokey@aol.com
If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :
www.pow-miafamilies.org
MIA Bracelet
I am trying to get in touch with the person who is wearing the MIA bracelet for Richard, my husband. Please send me an e-mail to princess@newulmtel.net . The e-mail one the note from July, 2000 is no longer valid
POW / MIA Bracelet
Hey Kiddo!
Though we didn't know each other - we both served in Vietnam at the same time, we were both 2nd. class Petty Officers, and we were both "twidgets" - you an "AT", me an "ET"- AND I now live in your homestate of MN. I wear your MIA bracelet, and always will. You will not be forgotten. If you ( or your remains ) ever come home - then I'll mail your MIA bracelet to your family to let them know - I was always thinking of you!
You are missed
I just wanted the family and friends of Richard to know that during that cruise of 1972/73 on the USS Ranger (CVA-61) I had the fantastic opportunity to get to know Richard. We used to go to the gym at Naval Station Subic Bay in the Philippines. We had a great time playing basketball then going out and having a beer or two before going back to the boat. I was making a tape to my wife down in the berthing compartment the day his plane went into the water. (It was our first wedding anniversary) Since I didn't even really know his whole name I didn't realize that he was one of the crew on the plane. I have only recently found his name and that was due to this wonderful program to help remember our Viet Nam deceased. I was a boiler technician on the Ranger from 1971 - 1973 and only met Richard because we both loved to play basketball. I will cherish the memory of those games and hope that his family and friends remember him as fondly. Friends like Richard are few and far between.
You are missed, my friend.
Len (Harry) Harris | 
