George got this card from a really nice little 4th grader down south. He was really surprised and please. Thank you, Ingrid. You made his day. It was so nice of you to think of Uncle George.
This is George, in uniform at his sister's home in California in 1968. He served 3 tours in Vietnam. In 1969, he was in Vietnam serving in a unit with his brother, Robert Lee Aday, when Robert was killed. He was sent back to the States immediately and was the one to notify the family of Robert's death.
Robert Lee Aday, 30 March 1950 - 24 October 1969, in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam,
hostile, ground causality, SP4, Regular Army, 25th Infantry Division. He was riding on a tank, with his head out the top of the tank and was shot through the head. He died instantly. He had been in the Army less than a year. I remember he was in C Troop.
Robert Lee Aday, II, proud kindergartner. George remembers using toy trucks with his brother to build roads, hills and forts in the dirt in their California back yard just like Robert does in our yard today.
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ah my Angel Boy
So sweet of Ingrid! I am so proud. Happy Veterans day and thanks to George. I know he misses his brother everyday.
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