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Bravo57 · Post by **Bravo57** » May 12th, 2007, 2:58 pm

Thanks Wade.

I found a couple of Ranger Buddies.

The Holmchicken · Post by **The Holmchicken** » May 12th, 2007, 3:13 pm

Bravo57 wrote:Thanks Wade.

I found a couple of Ranger Buddies.

Ditto

289sotherhalf · Post by **289sotherhalf** » May 12th, 2007, 5:40 pm

Found a friend on that list.

Thank you for posting it, Ranger Wade.

GSXRanger · Post by **GSXRanger** » May 12th, 2007, 6:00 pm

RIP Warriors...

Thank you Wade, I too found some brothers on there.

Blue Skies!

KW Driver · Post by **KW Driver** » May 12th, 2007, 7:01 pm

This one still pisses me off.

riding in a 60 to go get a check up on his cancer...

what a fucking waste.

AbnRgr289 · Post by **AbnRgr289** » May 12th, 2007, 7:39 pm

289sotherhalf wrote:Found a friend on that list.

Thank you for posting it, Ranger Wade.

I posted about Danny awhile back when we found out.

http://www.iraqwarheroes.com/isshak.htm

Thanks for the link Wade.

The Holmchicken · Post by **The Holmchicken** » May 12th, 2007, 7:44 pm

This guy, Damien Ficek...this guy about freaked me the fuck out. I was going into the 525 Replacement Company chow hall for breakfast. When I see two guys in uniform get out of a government van. And I swear to God, one of them was him. I walked right past him. The guy I saw had a 2/75 Combat scroll and tab and was a SSG wearing a NG patch left side. I couldn't get his name, but it was a spitting image. Just like looking at his photo. This guy gave me a weird look because I kept staring at him. It was freaky.

Bravo57 · Post by **Bravo57** » May 14th, 2007, 4:36 pm

KW Driver wrote:This one still pisses me off.

riding in a 60 to go get a check up on his cancer...

what a fucking waste.

It's all good brother. I feel your pain. AW was doing what he wanted to do. The last time we talked was at Rendezvous. We had a good "heart to heart". He was happy.

Silverback · Post by **Silverback** » May 14th, 2007, 4:42 pm

He brought my daughter a coloring book and brought desert when he came to my house for dinner prior to deployment.

My Driver and a good man.
Never Forgotten

KW Driver · Post by **KW Driver** » May 14th, 2007, 5:49 pm

yeah, his first day inprocessing Rucker was my last on post. kept meeting up at the same offices with our papers to get stamped.

told him the deal, hope I helped him out. he had a really nice wife too, and the kids weren't around yet.

what pisses me off is the way he died, after all he'd been through.

The Holmchicken · Post by **The Holmchicken** » May 14th, 2007, 7:06 pm

Wade wrote:
The Holmchicken wrote:This guy, Damien Ficek...this guy about freaked me the fuck out. I was going into the 525 Replacement Company chow hall for breakfast. When I see two guys in uniform get out of a government van. And I swear to God, one of them was him. I walked right past him. The guy I saw had a 2/75 Combat scroll and tab and was a SSG wearing a NG patch left side. I couldn't get his name, but it was a spitting image. Just like looking at his photo. This guy gave me a weird look because I kept staring at him. It was freaky.
That would completely freak me out brother. Damien was a good friend of mine. A good man and an incredible NCO.

And it did.

Parkie · Post by **Parkie** » May 14th, 2007, 11:23 pm

Great website Wade, thanks for finding it.

Found a good friend. http://www.iraqwarheroes.com/sullivanc.htm

Sad story too. One of those situations where the BDE Cdr had kept him waiting a while for his command. He came down to the BN where I worked with him for the 2-3 months prior to his taking command. One week after taking command, he was killed by an IED.

I remember "assisting" the BN CDR with the FRG newsletter. I wrote one week about him taking command. The next week's letter about his death and the next week's letter about his ceremony. Saddest thing I ever did - I didn't write any more after that.

archangel · Post by **archangel** » May 15th, 2007, 4:35 pm

Thank You Ranger Wade