Claude Bruce Landis, II
Sergeant
D CO, 1ST BN, 28TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania
October 04, 1948 to October 26, 1969
CLAUDE B LANDIS II is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 121

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09 Nov 2001

Taken from us much too soon.

Gone but never forgotten.

A memorial from his cousin.
E-mail address is not available.

 
5 Dec 2004

I was in the immediate area when this happened although I did not witness it personally. Landis was a good and kind person and I have all good memories of him. He was my squad leader.

From a friend.
awr5248@yahoo.com


 
27 Sep 2006

Bruce was my uncle, though I wasn't born for 6 more years after his death. His death still saddens my father, his brother. October is a tough month for my dad. Though I can't understand the pain of losing a sibling, I can sympathize with the anger one feels when you lose someone who was fighting for a noble cause, freedom, but then the loss is greatened when the American people criticized the war and returning vets.

My brother and I recently attended a Memorial held at our old high school, which is where Butch also went, years before us. The school held a memorial for veterans from Perry County. The Historian's Club built a monument and gave out medals of honor, along with a framed rubbing of our uncle's name from the Wall. It was a nice ceremony. And although they acknowledged that for some, it was too little, too late, it was still nice to see that someone cared, 30 years later. This opportunity got us thinking about people out there that may have known our uncle. Since our family is small, and those still surviving don't talk about Butch, it's hard for us to know our lost uncle. We've recently been contacted by two gentlemen who were near my uncle when he was killed, and it's nice to hear things about him. Not everyone has the luxury of hearing of their loved ones' last moments.

Thank you to all of the vets who served in Viet Nam, and to those that never came back alive. May war end, so we don't have to endure this pain.

From his niece,
Michele Landis Braxton
chelemdl@yahoo.com


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