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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

CW2 Kirk Lane, US Army (Ret) - Born 14 March 1940, Died 20 August 2012



Today is the 12th anniversary of my father's death. He died of Agent Orange caused cancer. Please take a moment in his memory.




60 comments:

  1. May your day be filled with pleasant memories of him. Mine left in 1992 and it’s still rough sometimes. I feel you.

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  2. Not all wounds are visible. Not all wounds happen on the battlefield.

    God rest your dad's soul.

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  3. Done.
    Rest easy Mr Lane.

    Eric.

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  4. Name should be on The Wall. Sorry for your loss.

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  5. Hang on to the happy memories!

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  6. Lo, there do I see my father.
    Lo, there do I see my mother,
    and my sisters, and my brothers.
    Lo, there do I see the line of my people,
    Back to the beginning!

    Lo, they do call to me.
    They bid me take my place among them,
    In the halls of Valhalla!
    Where the brave may live forever!

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  7. My favorites:
    https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/2012/10/good-times.html

    I didn't know Pops but I sure liked and respected him. Like my Dad in many ways.

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    1. I remember that day well. That's was taken on the backside of Long Barn, 4 or 5 miles outside of town.

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    2. Wow, that was the exact article I remembered of Ken’s dad too.
      MadMarlin

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  8. May perpetual light shine upon him.

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  9. Rest in peace. Taken away too soon. Keep the memories, both good and bad. It is what makes the person. I speak from experience.

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  10. Here's to fathers and sons

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  11. I'm sorry for your loss. My dad's been gone over 20 years and I still miss him.

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  12. Oh so long ago. A young man with a dream, a patriot through and through. I salute you Mr. Lane. Thank you for loving America as I do.

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  13. Kenny, may God Bless you with the many wonderful times you two shared together, I can still see him shooting that pistol up in the California mountains, lucky you to have him around as long as you did. Lost my dad when I was 24 in 1985.

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  14. Kirk Lane, thank you for your service.

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  15. Thank you for your service (both of you) and RIP Mr. Lane.

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  16. excellent photo & the M151A1 in the back !

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  17. I love him for leaving us Kenny.

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  18. As is my custom
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkQExuzL_0
    WiscoDave

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  19. Fine looking American patriot there. I share your pride in being raised by an honorable man. Mine passed 5/30/96 at the young age of 64 and I miss him to this day. Rest in peace, Mr. Lane. God bless you, Ken.

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  20. Rest in peace, Mr Lane, along with all of our dear departed fathers.

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  21. May time sharpen the good memories & dull the rest. Thank you both for your service (& write the book!)

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  22. Enjoy the memories, Ken. Mine's been gone 10 years this past July. Still miss him.
    --Tennessee Budd

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  23. I'll raise an glass for your Dad!

    Chutes Magoo

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  24. Rest in Peace Mr Lane
    JD

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  25. RIP Soldier.& Father...

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  26. I am of the age to know more than one to have suffered the same fate. May they forever RIP.

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  27. He had every right to be as proud of you as you are of him. Next glass I raise will be in his honor.

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  28. Too late to say "Welcome Home Brother" but the sentiment is there. respectfully, Alemaster

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  29. Duty well performed. Be thou at peace.

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  30. May he rest in peace.
    At the going down of the sun,
    and in the morning,
    We will remember them.

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  31. My dad was a boilerman bobbing around Cuba, went in the reserves and made Chief.

    I was 16 when he dropped on 1992, at the ripe old age of 49.

    I miss him, like I know you miss your Old Man.

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  32. Just raised a glass in salute. God bless, I lost my dad in 2016 and I miss him every day. Wish he was around to see the grandkids grow up.

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  33. A toast to your dad, aways a bittersweet time.

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  34. Remember that many of the things he was live on in you, through genetics, teaching, example.

    Bless you, sir.

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  35. A glass has been raised for Mr. Lane. Thank you for your service sir!

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  36. Bourbon and Tears... I've shared a lot. They solve nothing, but a bit helps us make it to the next round. I'll do my part and raise a glass, and shed a tear, for yours and mine and more.

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  37. I would have liked very much to have known him personally, but WC's great stories about the man will have to do.

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  38. Blessings to you & your family today.

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  39. brother Kenny; I still remember your post from years ago, learning from your Pops "sometimes, the duty falls to you".
    I pray your dad, like mine, was in heaven a half hour before the devil knew they were dead.
    God bless the warriors. Be safe my brother.

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  40. Devildog born March 24 1945 our generation were turn into men by the WW II veterans. I salute you dad honor his memory

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  41. May your father rest in peace, sir. I hope his final days were somewhat peaceful.

    Man, I feel your pain. My father died Christmas Day, 1997, of a horrible cancer caused by his work on mines and torpedoes. I managed his life for the last 6 months of his life and fought my entire family after he died. I have no relationship with my 4 siblings now.

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  42. Agent orange never should have happened. We lost quite a few and are still losing Vietnam vets here in central Pa. Love the photos you posted! Family is everything! My thoughts and prayers to you, your father, and your entire family on the loss of a great man. Many thanks for his service!

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  43. God bless our veterans, and Lord give rest to CW2 Kirk Lane.

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  44. Ken, I'll do the ritual thing this evening as I've always done every time you post this.
    - WDS

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  45. Ken, you have some great photos of a great dad. I have some of my day who passed in 1980 and go through them when things seem to be going south for me. It helps a lot.

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  46. I'll raise a toast of something amber this evening. Rest in peace fellow veteran.

    Nemo

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  47. It's good to remember your Dad.

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  48. AO cancer got my dad too. He was a great dad and I loved him as a son should.

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  49. May he RIP, Doug Starkey, aka Firebird Gunner, 71st AHC Chu Lai May 70-71

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  50. I hope you miss him as much as he misses you. I'm sure he was a good man.

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  51. I lost my best buddy to AO cancer this spring, before he passed, he told me we were all killed in Vietnam, it just took longer for some of us to die.

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  52. US Navy, riverine advisors 1971, NGFS ( shore bombardment ) 1972

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