Dan L F Coombs, III
First Lieutenant
AIR CAV TRP, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, USARV
Army of the United States
Overland Park, Kansas
April 01, 1947 to December 19, 1970
DAN L F COOMBS III is on the Wall at Panel W6, Line 132

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Dan L Coombs
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13 Nov 2002

EPITATH FOR A SOLDIER
Syria 1941

Build me no monument should my turn come;
Please do not weep for me and waste your tears.
Write not my name on honour rolls of fame
To crumble with man's memory through the years.
Wear no dark clothes, speak in no saddened voice
Seeking rare virtues which did not exist;
Just let me lie under the cool sweet earth
And sleep in peace, where I will not be missed.

I ask one thing, that in still far-off days
Someone who knew me should in their daily round
Suddenly pause, caught by some sight or sound,
Some glance, some phrase, some trick of memory's ways
Which brings me to his mind. Then I shall wait
Eager with hope: perhaps to hear 'How great
If he were with us still.' Then, at the end,
All that I wish for - just: 'He was my friend.'

From a fellow aviator,
CW3 Dave Long (Ret)
eagle@rc-rotorywing.com


 
19 Dec 2002

Every year at Christmas time I think about Dan.
We shared the same "Hootch" and our rooms were next door to each other.
Know that you are remembered and missed.

Regards,
Tim Butler
White 8
tbutler94@hotmail.com


 
01 Apr 2003

Happy Birthday, 2003.

You are missed, loved and remembered, especially now with other servicemen fighting and dying.

Before Dan left for the war he was helping me paint and remodel a house I had just bought. He accidentially broke a window pane between the living room and an enclosed porch. I never replaced the broken pane. It is still Dan's window and served as a reminder of him and how he was willing to help when needed.

Uncle Allen
Akcoom@aol.com


 
30 Sep 2003

It saddens me to know that politicians' actions helped take you from our family, and it saddens me even more knowing that they haven't learned anything from the past. But what saddens me the most is that I never had the chance to meet you. We miss you.

From a nephew,
Aaron Marvin
aaronmarvin@hotmail.com


 

A note from The Virtual Wall

Two men of the Air Cav Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry, died when their OH-6A light observation helicopter (tail number 69-15963) was hit by enemy fire, crashed, and burned:
  • 1LT Dan L. F. Coombs III, pilot
  • SP5 Joseph W. Blickenstaff, Jr, observer

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