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Jonathan Edward Sykes
Corporal
H&S CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Trenton, New Jersey January 11, 1947 to February 06, 1968 JONATHAN E SYKES is on the Wall at Panel 37E, Line 71 |
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Now that they both are gone my father can't thank Jonathan but thanks to him my dad was able to live to have 4 children as well as adopt me at age 2. When I was 16 he passed away. He refused to talk about the war but he would always tell me about how Jonathan had saved his life. My dad was able, thanks to this angel of mercy, to go on to be one of only five medics to survive his third tour and thanks to the Army refusing to let him re-enlist he was the only one out of the five to never serve a fourth tour. I hope that Jonathan's family reads this. On behalf me and my family I want to thank you and please, every year place a rose on his grave for us.
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I am the niece of Jonathan Edward Sykes. I am the first-born daughter of his only sister Judonna Sykes Barnwell. For some reason I happened to put my uncle's name in Google and to my surprise this is what came up. I would just like to let everyone know that I never had the opportunity to meet Johnny, I was born in July 1968 after he was killed. He and my mother were extremely close and he told her that if she had a girl to name her Sunnetta and so she did. I'm sad to report that my mother passed away on March 25, 1998, two days after her 49th birthday, leaving three daughters and two grandchildren at the time to mourn her loss. She would now be the proud grandmother of 9 grandchildren. On January 5, 2006 I alone was there for my grandmother (Johnny's mother - Dorothy) who departed this life as well. His loving step-mother passed in 2002. My grandfather although not in the best of health still survives. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to acknowledge my uncle and his contribution to this country that he served faithfully and with pride alongside his fellow Marines!! May God bless and keep everyone!
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A Note from The Virtual WallBy 06 Feb 1968 the Tet Offensive was in full swing, with heavy fighting throughout South Vietnam. In Quang Nam Province, the 1/7 Marines were deployed against NVA/VC forces attacking the Danang/Marble Mountain complex.The Communist forces began the second phase of their Da Nang offensive on the night of 05/06 Feb . 1/7's involvement began at 2000 05 Feb, when Charlie 1/7 engaged an NVA force south of the Tuy Loan River. Fighting continued throughout the 1/7 area of responsibility, and 24 hours later had resulted in the deaths of 17 men from 1/7 Marines:
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