4 Feb 2003 Walter (Wally) Grove was a friend in the truest sense of the word. As teenagers, we don't always appreciate that, but as adults, we hopefully have come to value that as much as life itself. Wally was always willing to give; he gave all he had to his country, and I will remember him like that. Wally is pictured in the photo, to the far left, with our high school hot rod club, the "Injectors" of Barrington, Illinois, in 1961. Wally, we love you. From a friend, Arthur Ross Cady artcady@msn.com

 

06 Feb 2003 WALLY You were a great friend growing up in Tower Lakes and going through grade school and high school together. We had some real adventures. Friends are very precious to me. After 40 years the Injectors still keep in touch with each other. Art, Jim, Jeff, Jay, Fred, Bob, Lee, and I still have you in our hearts -- INJECTORS FOREVER --- LOVE TRACE From a friend, W. S. Tracy hemi-gasser@lsol.net

 

26 Aug 2003 Dear Wally, We were friends. We were hot-rodders. We were soldiers -- cogs in a powerful machine. I prayed long and hard that if I had a son he would not have to do what we did in Vietnam. I was blessed, and Mike and his friends were spared what you and I and our friends faced. We fought hard. The world today, somehow, is a better place today because of what we did. Memories of the good times young men have together live on, and in them is love. From a friend, Jay O'Laughlin 1st Bn, 30th Field Artillery, 1st Air Cavalry Division RVN Sept. 1968 - Sept. 1969 jayo@adelphia.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, lost nine men on 01 June 1968: A Company: SGT Frank W. Campbell, Chilhowie, VA SP4 James E. Hopkins, Lucama, NC B Company: SSG Cal W. Williams, Augusta, GA SGT Jerry A. Campbell, Jamestown, TN SP4 William F. Washington, Birmingham, AL PFC Jerry J. Cole, Oakland, OR PFC Martinis G. Tipton, Oklahoma City, OK C Company: PFC Ernest R. Taylor, Sentinel, OK Although SP4 Walter B. Grove was formally assigned to HQ Company, he no doubt was in the field with one of the rifle companies - but we don't know which one. Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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