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CURRENT EVENTS of INTEREST for
VETERANS and PATRIOTS of
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS ...
Two
Names Added to the Wall of Honor
The
McKinney Armed Services Memorial Board
has approved two names to be added to the
Wall of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Park in McKinney.
Earnest Ashley Highsaw and Gary Joe Lester.
This will bring
the total to 347.
(If you
have any information on Ernest Highsaw, or Gary Lester, please contact
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SEAMAN
EARNEST ASHLEY HIGHSAW
21, Culleoka, US Navy
Stricken ill with
appendicitis while aboard the
USS Raleigh,
off the coast of Sweden,
and died 26 July, 1929, in Stockholm.
He is buried at Princeton Cemetery
Princeton, Texas. |
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S/SGT. GARY JOE LESTER
25, Plano, US Marine Corps
Killed, along with four
others, when his helicopter, from the USS Guadalcanal, went
down in the
North Sea off the coast of Denmark, 14 September, 1982, while
participating in NATO exercises.
All hands were lost at sea.
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Pvt. Lester
completion of USMC
Boot Camp |
S/Sgt. Lester,
Helicopter Crew Chief |
Arlington National Cemetery |
Memorial to Gary at the Lester Family Plot, Chinn's Chapel
Cemetery, Copper Canyon, Texas |
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK in McKINNEY
6053 Weiskopf Ave
The
Wall of Honor
contains the names of 345
Collin County
servicemen and women who have died
while serving our country.
The men in these pictures are but a few:
If you know of any other Collin County
residents who died while serving in the US Military,
please let us know.
Send an E-mail to
ccfreedomfighters@msn.com
GO HERE to see all
the names.
When I Fight The Devil"
RD Foster and The Red Dog Rangers
"South In Vietnam"
Kenny Daniel
Visit our
Photo Gallery;
Hundreds of service-related photos,
from WWI to today. Do you have
pictures from your time
in the service? Take 'em out of that shoe box in
the closet
and send them in. It's all part of our history.
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HISTORY of
COLLIN COUNTY
FREEDOM
FIGHTERS ...
347 Collin County heroes
have given their lives in
the service of our
country.
Read about them on the
WALL of
HONOR
WALL
of HONOR
TIMELINE 1913-2011
HALL of HEROES
Photos of heroes on the
Wall of Honor
PHOTO
GALLERIES
Military Service
Pictures
from Collin County Vets
Directory & Photos of
Collin County Veterans
Two Collin County men
have been awarded the
MEDAL OF HONOR
Audie Murphy -
WWII
Russell Steindam -
Vietnam
NAVY
CROSS
Charles O. Jeanes - WWII
James W. Tobey - WWII
Charles W. Bryan - Vietnam
PEARL HARBOR
Collin County lost 4 men in
the opening minutes of WWII
LOST AT SEA
22 Collin County men
have been killed at
sea. Many
went down
with their ships.
Three Collin County
Marines
lost at IWO JIMA
 Monuments,
Memorials and
Historic Markers of
Collin County
Memorial Day at Ridgeview
Plano Memorial Park and
Veterans Memorial
US NAVY
Links and information
concerning Sailors, Flyers,
and SEALS
US MARINE
CORPS
"Once a Marine,
Always a Marine!"
Pictures, Stories and Links of
Interest to Marines.
SEMPER FI!
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