You My Man are a Hero..... you took the time to go above and beyond, The News is getting ahold of this and wants info on how this all came about.
You found it,
You saved it,
You are the reason it is going to be returned to Frank.
You are the reason a song has be written and being released next month.
Credit is being given where it is due
Not everyone would have done what you did back 2004 for Pfc Frank N. Smith a unknown soldier that was forgotten long ago but will now live on because of you.
Sand a little taller man, it is you that went above and beyond. I Salute you.
Many of us jumped on board to help you get this Metal back to where it belonged, your actions touched my heart and the hearts of this borad and soon it will touch the heart of the USA.
I'm just a old Vet so what do I know, You may have started something with what you did
Edit to add the first email to MOPH by me ;
Need some big help here, the story.
A guy saw, a blue box in a second hand store, in the box is a Purple Heart. He thinks what the.
Then goes back because it just isn't right, he buys the Purple Heart to try and get it to the next of kin. What we know from the back of the Heart is a name and a few of us start digging on the name.
So far we have this;
Frank Norman Smith was born April 04, 1948 Seneca County Ohio, he was Army PFC, Service # 11705019, Tour of Duty began on Jan. 18, 1968, MOS 64A10, he was with the 48th Transportation Group, 7th Transportation BN., 534th Transportation Company (medium), was Married, and a Hostile Ground Casualty form small arms fire (KIA) Dec. 17, 1968 Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, body recovered, Religion Protestant I do have his SSAN also (If it will help).
We are looking for where he is buried, and any family member of his to return the metal to them.
Any help? any idea's where else to look to get the Purple Heart back to family.
You can see what is going on with this work at
archive.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=300743Edited to hotlink to archived thread - Big_Bear