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Gravesite Visit #62 – Warrant Officer Thomas E Adams – Montgomery, New York

September 9th, 2024 On the road once for work, I found myself in early September of 2024 in Milford, Pennsylvania, located just miles away from

Mark Coonrad September 9, 2024 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #55 – Private First Class Garry Frank Lawrence – Woodstock, Alabama

Gravesite Visit – Bibbville Baptist Church Cemetery On July 10th, 2024, my family (me, my wife Garnett and three of our children) left our hotel

Mark Coonrad July 31, 2024 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #42 – PFC Roy L Edelstein – Superior, Wisconsin

Minneapolis, Minnesota In October of 2022 I found myself in Minneapolis, Minnesota for work. On Monday the 17th I had visited the gravesites of three

Mark Coonrad October 20, 2022 1 Comment

Gravesite Visit #41 – Private First Class Don R. Klein – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ft Snelling National Cemetery After leaving the gravesite of SP4 Robert Larson in Section H, I headed northwest towards Section J, home to over two

Mark Coonrad October 17, 2022 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #40 – Specialist Fourth Class Robert J Larson – Minneapolis, Minnesota

After visiting the grave of SP4 John Lobsinger at Lakewood Cemetery, I headed southeast toward my next stop. Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, located on the

Mark Coonrad October 17, 2022 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #39 – Specialist Fourth Class John Forman Lobsinger – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17, 2022 In the fall of 2022, my employer gave me the opportunity to travel to Minneapolis-St. Paul for a planning session. After

Mark Coonrad October 17, 2022 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #20 – Specialist Fourth Class James Robert Long – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Saturday April 10th, 2021- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania On Saturday, April 10th, 2021, my family and I left our Air BnB in Morgantown, West Virginia and drove

Mark Coonrad April 10, 2021 No Comments

Gravesite Visit #8 – Sergeant Buddy E. Channon – Itasca, Texas

October 11th, 2020 On the morning of October 11th, 2020, my son Micah and I left our hotel in nearby Mesquite and drove just over

Mark Coonrad October 11, 2020 1 Comment

Gravesite Visit #5 – Private First Class Sanders Key Stroud II – Corpus Christi, Texas

On the morning of October 8th, 2020, my then nine-year old son Micah and I met Frank Morrison and his wife Tracy at a small

Mark Coonrad October 9, 2020 1 Comment

Gravesite Visit #4 – PFC Antonio Garza Jr. – Jourdanton, Texas

Second Stop – Cementerio Catolico de San Jose, Jourdanton, Texas – PFC Antonio Garza, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. Killed in Action on

Mark Coonrad October 6, 2020 No Comments

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