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todays 1st SFG(A) SOLDIERS

Memorial Monument To Honor Each Name Of The Men Of The 1st SFG(A)

Who Were Killed In Action / Missing In Action---1957 to Present---and Tomorrow

Initiative: We,the 1st SFG(A) SOLDIERS and our First-in-Asia/Special Activities Association of the 1st Special Forces Group (Abn), have started an initiative to add the Vietnam era KIA names to the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)'s memorial stone. To do so we are required to increase the size of the memorial because of the numbers involved. The current memorial only contains post second-activation-date names. There is only one 1st SFG(A) and the names of our KIA from both periods should be consolidated and honored on one memorial.

Current names on memorial

LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE

SPC DAREN BUCK 8 JUN 1985 MSG CHARLES W. CLARK 13 NOV 1986

PV2 JEFFREY D. STALLINGS 1 AUG 1987 SFC KASEMSOOK PATSANONT 10 AUG 1998

CPT RANDI HORSTMAN 17 OCT 1989 SPC GLENN C. O'BRIEN 27 JAN 1990

SGT JAMES COLON 9 JUL 1990 SFC JJ BOYINGTON 15 JUL 1990

CPT GREGORY M. SANBORN 27 JUL 1990 SFC KEVIN L. DEVORAK 18 OCT 1990

SSG KEVIN W. BUTLER 26 JUN 1991 SSG JASON R. STEGALL 31 OCT 1991

PFC WILLIAM C. RIDDLE 21 FEB 1993 SPC GLENNDALE FREEMAN 8 DEC 1992

SSG DARCY C. CRAIN 12 FEB 1993 MSG TIM MARTIN 3 OCT 1993

CW3 EDWARD O. KINSLEY 3 JUN 1994 SFC FRANK D. STONKO 13 MAR 1995

SSG JAKOB J. NOMMENSEN III 1 JUN 1995 SSG JOHN F. O'BRIEN 28 DEC 1984

WO1 JAMES F. FRANC 20 OCT1995 SSG CHRISTOPHER A.STARR 21 MAY 1997

CW2 THOMAS J. BROOKS 9 JAN 1999 MSG SAMUEL BOOTH FOSTER 3 OCT 1998

MSG GAETANO J. CUTINO 9 SEP 1999 MAJ W COLE HOGAN JR 11 SEP 2001

SSG RICHARD A. RAZ 26 SEP 2001 SFC NATHAN R. CHAPMAN 4 JAN 2002

SSG ROBERT T. FOSTER 16 FEB 2002 SFC DAVID W. EVILLE 1 JUN 2002

1SG HOWARD E. HINKLE 1 JUN 2002 CW3 JOHN B. MURPHY JR 18 SEP 2002

SFC MARK W. JACKSON 2 OCT 2002

1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Special Activities Association

First In Asia

Project Description: The First Special Forces Group Memorial Wall will be located outside building 9190, Bldg. 9190, Chapman Circle, Ft. Lewis, WA 98433-1301. The memorial will be constructed of polished black granite approximately 16 feet long, 8 inches thick and 6 feet tall in the center tapering down to 3 feet at the sides. The stone will be secured on a reinforced concrete foundation built to the monument maker specifications. The left side of the stone will be engraved with names of First Special Forces Group Soldiers who gave their lives that were ever assigned to the First Group from its activation up to its deactivation in 1974. http://www.1stsfgp.org/1stsfgpmiakia.htm The center of the monument will have an SF crest at the top with the SF prayer below it. The right side of the monument will be reserved for future names. A retaining wall constructed of 16 x 6 inch manor stone landscape blocks tapering from 7 feet in the center and curving to ground level approximately 4 feet in front of the wall will serve as the backdrop for the memorial. Cobblestone paving blocks 7 1/8 inches x 8 7/8 inches will be used to lay a 4 foot patio in front of the memorial and an 8 foot sidewalk leading from the existing memorial inside of Chapman Circle. Cobble-stones on the walk way will be gray and red to facilitate a blending of the two memorials. Point of contact is the undersigned at 253-967-8853, or by cellular at 253-208-8388. Kevin L. Patton SFC, US Project Manager. pattonk@soc.mil

Financing: The monument is being financed through private donation and fund-raisers.

Donations: Send checks to:First In Asia, PO Box 33944, Fort Lewis, WA 98433

Make checks payable to First In Asia (For Memorial Wall)

Contributors of $125 or more will have the option of their names engraved in the brick side walk leading to the monument. The brick may also be donated in honor of a fallen comrade.

First in Asia is also a 501c-3 tax exempt nonprofit organization so all donations are tax deductible. The concrete foundation is in place and we are breaking ground for the retaining wall and walk way on 19 November 03. The granite has arrived and is being polished in preparation for engraving by the contractor at the present time.

We are presently considering the date of 24 June 2004 as the most probable of the dates for unveiling the memorial wall. This date would be on the traditional date when the 1st SFG was activated in 1957. The only thing that is holding us up is $$$$$ about 20K.

The sketch below show an artist’s concept of what the wall will look like.

First In Asia Fund

http://www.firstinasia.com/