Alpha Company, 1st Bn, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Viet Nam Era
Years of 1965 - 1970 in VN.

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Posted on: Jan 24, 2023 at 2:49 PM
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LEDFORD T MULLINS DIED ON AUGUST 13 2022... HE JOINED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN PARADISE... HE LEFT HIS SWEETHEART HELEN AND HIS FAMILY HERE TO JOIN HIS LATER ON...
LT WAS IN MY SQUAD I967... O331 GUNS.. WE TOOK HIM FROM MORTARS AT HIS REQUEST... HE LIKED GUNS... HE WAS MY BROTHER AND MY FRIEND... I MISS HIM BIG TIME... TAPS...
CPL JACK LARKIN
HI JOHNNY
THOUGHT I'D POST YOUR PHOTOS...
AFTER ALMOST 56 YEARS - WE HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER AGAIN...
THANK YOU...
CPL JACK LARKIN
SAD TO SAY... LEDFORD T. "LT" MULLINS CHANGED DUTY STATIONS THIS LAST SATURDAY AUGUST 13 2022.. AT THE AGE OF 74... HE WAS IN 3RD SQUAD GUNS ALPHA COMPANY - AS A GUNNER - HE WAS WOUNDED BY A GRENADE PLACED NEXT TO HIS HEAD ON SEPT 5TH 1967 WHILE ON AN AMBUSH... CPL. TERRY WILLIAMS WAS KIA FROM THE SAME GRENADE... THE CORPSMAN GAVE ME MULLINS DOG TAG AND TOLD ME I HAD LOST TWO MEN.. TERRY AND LT... HE SAID LT WAS KIA.. FOR 40 PLUS YEARS I CARRIED LT'S DOG TAG WITH ME EVERY MEMORIAL DAY.. THEN WHEN I CHECKED THE VIRTUAL WALL.. LT'S NAME WAS MISSING... WE FOUND EACH OTHER AFTER 4 DECADES... WE ENJOYED TALKING TO EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS... HE DIED THIS LAST WEEKEND AND LEFT HIS SWEETHEART HELEN AT HOME IN MEANS KY.
LT WILL BE PULLING GUARD DUTY ON THE STREETS OF HEAVEN... HE KNEW AND LOVED HIS LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST...
LT WAS MY FRIEND AND I WILL MISS HIM UNTIL I CROSS OVER TO BE PART OF HIS UNIT IN HEAVEN...PULLING GUARD DUTY WITH HIM... ><>
CPL JACK LARKIN 3RD SQUAD LDR GUNS 66-67
GUNS UP....

May 4th, 2022 -
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Marine Randy Cook sent this to me on May 4th, 2022!
I believe that it was added to some where on U.S. Marine Corps National Museum! Sorry for being my slow response time. Just getting tired. Working for an Evangelist from Fort Worth. Am building the sign for his new church! MEMORIAL DAY 2022 is coming upon us... Every Memorial Day I like to go to the ceremony at the Veteran's grave sites ~ Hold the dog tags that I have from those I lost in my Squad... or of those who were close to me in the war... I also say Hi - see you when God takes me - to those who have died after the war... They get to kick up and watch us on the flat screen in the squad bay...
I will say Hi to Donnie Detmer who was with me through PI 226 Sir and got KIA in Country in the field with another unit... From Alpha Company I will say Salute and Semper Fi to.....
Winston Raymo - Danny O'Connor - Richard Haas - Carl Boudreaux - Jack Belcher - Philip Moore
I know a few more on the Alpha co. KIA list but not as well as these guys... I miss these guys from Company A .. most dearly... taps...
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