Grady Edward McElroy

Private First Class
C CO, 5TH BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
14 August 1944 - 24 November 1966
Little Rock, Arkansas
Panel 12E Line 115

1 CAV DIV

7TH CAV RGT 		Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Grady Edward McElroy

18 Nov 2005

I loved you dearly and I love you still. The image of your face has faded but not the childhood memories of fun filled summer days. I still remember the day you came riding up on your motorcycle to tell me you were being shipped out to Viet Nam, my heart broke. I did not want you to go, but you said you must. My heart still breaks each time I think about you, about a life cut so short. But you spent your life for freedom and for that I have no regret.

The flag on my front porch flies for freedom and it flies for you, dear cousin.

Renee Pannell Yates
renee@venturenet.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry lost eight men on 24 November 1966:
  • A Company:
    • SP4 Robert Cain, Sumter, SC
    • SP4 Donald R. Duncan, Morning View, KY
    • SP4 Russell E. Ferrebee, West Union, WV
    • SP4 Donald I. Rankin, New Carlisle, KY
    • PFC Malcolm K. Brouhard, Wheatfield, IN
    • PFC Thomas G. Erickson, St Paul, MN

  • C Company:
    • PFC Grady E. McElroy, Little Rock, AR
    • PVT Eddie C. Lopez, Clifton, AZ




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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