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. Fifty years ago to the month that they laid you in the ground . Only now have I found the words to make a sound . You came home closed coffin bound Not suitable to be viewed . Only now do I frown Thinking about the name in stone that's hewed . That day you died I was left to cry I didn't know what to do . Two teenage lives both said goodbye never to be again . One under 21 gun salute The other under pain . They are still burying you in my mind my time has been unkind . I've lived through a thousand deaths looking for reasons to find . Resigned I am bound by the truth of October '69 Dedicated to : Marine PFC William Le Grand Dawes Born 6/24/50 Died 10/19/69 Quang Ngai Province Vietnam
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Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019 at 9:45 AM UTC
Fifty Years
. Fifty years ago to the month that they laid you in the ground . Only now have I found the words to make a sound . You came home closed coffin bound Not suitable to be viewed . Only now do I frown Thinking about the name in stone that's hewed . That day you died I was left to cry I didn't know what to do . Two teenage lives both said goodbye never to be again . One under 21 gun salute The other under pain . They are still burying you in my mind my time has been unkind . I've lived through a thousand deaths looking for reasons to find . Resigned I am bound by the truth of October '69 Dedicated to : Marine PFC William Le Grand Dawes Born 6/24/50 Died 10/19/69 Quang Ngai Province Vietnam
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75/M/Birmingham , Alabama
Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019 at 9:45 AM UTC
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