My walk today was dedicated in honor of:
Navy PO2 Jerry Baxter Edmonds Jr, Age 22 of Crossville, TN.
KIA Vietnam on Dec. 31, 1970
He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seventy-Four (NMCB-74), 3rd Naval Construction Brigade
PO2 Edmonds was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals
The most serious incident reported by CB units occurred on the last day of the month at 1445H on a waterway near Kien Binh (WS 406 036) where the bodies of five USN Seabees were found. All the bodies contained gunshot and fragmentation wounds. Investigation of witnesses disclosed that five U.S. personnel armed with 3 M-16s and one pistol had been sighted in a Boston Whaler by Vietnamese personnel an hour and a half before, and ARVN units reported seeing U.S. personnel in a firefight in the same area. A Vietnamese eyewitness account indicated two VC sampans engaged the whaler, which was later found abandoned, with grenade and AK-47 fire on the Kinh Thot Not Canal. The five Seabees were attached to NMCB 74 and traveling from Cho Moi to Binh Thuy for minor medical treatment
Had an amazing walk today. I walked 12.21 miles in Mr Edmonds Jr honor. I want to thank everyone that honked and waved in helping me honor this hero this morning. You all are so great. Thank You
I also stopped and visited the graves of 10 of my Veteran brothers in the city cemetery. Here is the list of the brothers I remembered today.
Vietnam Veteran Army SP4 Roy Nichols – Nov. 10, 2015
Army Veteran SP4 Darnell Durbin – Mar. 21, 2013
Army Veteran PVT Hubert W. Quinn – Jan. 1, 2013
Navy Veteran AN Gary H. Mize – Oct. 3, 2018
Marine Corps Veteran CPL Carl Irwin Davis – Nov. 28, 2015
WWII Veteran Navy S1 Johnny W. Glass – Sep. 26, 2007
Persian Gulf Veteran Army SFC William Thomas Clouse – Oct. 7, 2012
WWI Veteran Army Fred Wesley Talley Sr – Sep. 15, 1978
Army Veteran PVT Donald Claude Roby – Oct. 12, 2013
WWI Veteran PVT Roy Lincoln Potter – Dec. 22, 1970
We will never forget them.
