1 Jun 2002 FROM YOUR BUDDIES IN BOOT CAMP, PLATOON 3009. YOU ARE MISSED. REST IN PEACE. Initiated by a friend, Ron Deverick rdever8708@aol.com

 

Potomac, Illinois Memorial Day 2002 On Monday, 27 May 2002, people turned out for a special Memorial Day ceremony at the Potomac Cemetery to dedicate a new monument honoring close to 400 Champaign-area men and women who served in every war since the War of 1812. Lance Corporal David Lynn Judy's name appears on the memorial. The Champaign News-Gazette reported the event; an extract follows: POTOMAC - In 1967, 19-year-old David L. Judy dropped out of Danville Junior College, said goodbye to his fiancee and family and enlisted in the U.S. Marines. "He just had to go to Vietnam," his mother, Marjorie, recalled 35 years later. "He had to serve his country." Lance Cpl. Judy never came back to finish school or marry his high school sweetheart. The following year, he died on a battlefield halfway across the world. . . . Marjorie Judy and her husband David, a veteran from World War II, lighted candles in remembrance. After the ceremony, the couple sat on one of the granite benches and talked about their son and the pain of losing him. "You never get over it," David Judy said quietly, tears filling his eyes. "But it's great to have something like this. People will never forget." N-G photo by Holly Hart David and Marjorie Judy light candles in honor of fallen soldiers on Monday during the dedication ceremony for the new memorial at Potomac Cemetery. Their son, David L. Judy, was killed in action during the Vietnam War. From "Four-year dream comes true" By Noelle McGee © 2002 THE NEWS-GAZETTE (Champaign, Illinois) Published Online May 28, 2002 Used with their kind permission.

 

15 Dec 2006 It truly is an honor to know that there is so much bravery and honor in the last name Judy. From Andrew L. Judy Keyser, West Virginia E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall Operation MAMELUKE THRUST was a clearing operation in the Go Noi Island area southwest of Danang. On 30 Sep 1968 the 2nd Bn, 5th Marines got into a fight near the hamlet of Cu Ban (4), about 2 kilometers southeast of the Liberty Bridge. Four Americans - two Marines and two Navy Corpsmen - were killed in the action: HM3 Gary R. Shepperdson, Ann Arbor, MI, H&S 2/5 HN Philip A. Beasley, Boise, ID, H&S 2/5 LCpl David L. Judy, Potomac, IL, Hotel 2/4 LCpl Gary R. Townsend, Orchard Park, NY Fox 2/4 (Silver Star)

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