Donnie

As this is Memorial Day weekend, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to fail to recognize and remember my cousin, Staff Sergeant Donald M. Shue. Donnie was a member of the Army's Green Berets during Viet Nam. In November of 1969, he disappeared after being overrun by enemy troops as he and two other Americans were on a covert operation inside of Laos. His family never heard from him again, and many years later, he was designated as "Presumed Killed in Action".

Several months ago, we got word that a Laotian farmer and his son had been working a field and came across some old bones and various other remains. Calls were made to the US Embassy and to the Army, and a retrieval team came and returned the remains to the US to await identification. Our family was notified, and now we're waiting on his sister to get the test results. Forty years later........

How I pray we get to bring him home and give him a proper burial as he deserves. Thank you, Donnie, for the ultimate sacrifice you gave to protect our nation. The world is less bright for having lost your light.