200525 May 25, 2020
The Towery House on Memorial Day 2020
Memorial Day, 2020
Tommy Towery
LHS '64
Once again we honor the only classmate from the Classes of '64-'65 or '66 who was killed while on active duty in the military serving his country. That classmate was Capt. Dennis Faber of the Class of '65. Dennis, serving as navigator, and seven other crewmen were killed during a C-130 training mission near Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sept. 8, 1978. Dennis was married to Cherri Polly, LHS '66 at the time.
Capt. Dennis Faber of the Class of '65
Memphis, TN - A freak wind storm passed through Memphis last Thursday and left my house without power or internet. We finally got the power back on the next day, but the internet was only restored on Monday morning of Memorial Day. Since all the work needed to be accomplished to publish Lee's Traveller is internet dependent I was unable to feature a lot of the items we normally do each week.
Instead, to preserve the hollowed importance of the meaning of Memorial Day, I have decided to honor the losses of our classmates by only featuring the sacrifices they made while in the service of our great nation.
Next week we will return to the normal interactions of our friends and classmates, but for this one day we will honor the sacrifices of our departed classmates.
The Lee High School Class of '67 had five who gave their all in Vietnam. Their names are listed below:
1. Jimmy Kiger (USMC)
Casualty was on Sep 17, 1966
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
2. Frankie Acton (US Army)
His tour of duty began on May 20, 1965
Casualty was on Apr 11, 1966
SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
3. David Mallory (USMC)
His tour of duty began on Jan 17, 1969
Casualty was on Feb 25, 1969
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
4. Sam Smith (US Army)
His tour of duty began on Feb 06, 1968
Casualty was on Jul 14, 1968
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
5. James Edmond Huff (USMC)
His tour of duty began on 12/23/1966
Casualty was on 10/27/1967
QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED OR SUFFOCATED
