1st Battalion Killed In Action

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

1st Battalion Killed in Action

"War drew us from our homeland
In the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetual springtime
-- forever young --
And a part of them is with us always."

-- Author Unknown

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Here I stand in a place I prayed I would never be
Pictures flash before my eyes, from years gone by.
Your laughter, and your ready smile,
The images come and stay for awhile.
Do they know who and what you were?

You were not a number on a board,
Not a number to keep score.
You were a brother, a sister, a father or a mother,
A husband, a wife, a daughter or a son.
You were my closest friend.

I try to think back to what we said,
Did I tell you how very proud I was of you?
That you answered and did what you were called to do
I know there was no question in your mind,
you were always strong, and believed
in fighting to right all wrongs.
You fought for the freedom that we enjoy,
the quest for hope that many fight to destroy
The right to speak your mind,
or peace for all time.

You had a soldier's heart,
filled with a soldier's pride,
A soldier's heart that was always true,
and bled red, white and blue

------by Cathy Daugherty

Used by personal permission of the author

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WE REMEMBER

Sandbaged bunkers,
on a hilltop high,
surrounded by sharp wire.
Triple canopy in the valley,
lay sleeping far below.
We remember those
that pay'd the price,
some thirty plus years ago.
The rice paddies,
in the flat land,
and the rain
that fell for weeks.
Our wrinkled skin,
and graying hair,
we remember you,
like yesterday.

by Bill Hodder - Company B 1/22 Infantry 1969

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1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Killed in Action Lists:

Headquarters Company

Attached to 1st Battalion

4th Battalion 42nd Artillery Killed in Action List:

4/42 KIA

A very special note of appreciation to Brad Hull for his hard work in compiling a data base on the KIA's for all three Battalions of the 22nd Infantry, and for permitting us to use his data for 1st Battalion.