Remembering
John Corwin Yager
Private First Class, United States Marine Corps
A CO, 1ST BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
From Granada Hills, California
09 April 1948 - 29 October 1967
John Corwin Yager is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Panel 28E Line 098.
John, after over 30 years, you're still very much in my thoughts.
My first serious crush at 15 and you, so sweet, respectful.
Such a clear memory of your funeral, the American flag carefully folded into your mother's hands. So little solace for a precious life lost. You'll always have a special place in my memory and my heart.
On a recent visit to Washington D.C., I visited the Wall but was not prepared for the drama and power of that staggering tribute to 58,000 dead. As I touched your name on the Wall, I wept, for you and the tens of thousands of other young men who are mourned and remembered, even still, always.
