04 July 2003 MY OLDER BROTHER He was there to teach me when I needed taught. He was there to fight me when I needed fought. He was there to tease me and that he did very well. He was there to pick me up when sometimes I fell. He would loan me his car when I needed a ride. If I argued with others, he was on my side. He endured the presence of his sibling tag-a-long. And sometimes as he left would look up and say "Come on". And as I grew older and didn't need his help anymore, He left for the distant Vietnam shore. He left truly happy and with always a grin. I wonder when he got there if someone taught him? He like many others did not come home. He like many others lies under a stone. Sometimes when I'm alone I'll still hear his advice. Your memory is with me, my brother, Roy Ryse.

 

PFC Roy Louise Ryse died in the fighting in the Ia Drang Valley November 1965. Visit the Landing Zone X-Ray site and The Virtual Wall's Ia Drang Memorial He is remembered, together with other men from Hawthorne, California, who died in Vietnam on the Early 60's Hawthorne Homepage

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