Born on Veterans Day; Died in Vietnam on the Fourth of July

PFC Thomas W. Johnson

This Veterans Day would have been the 69th birthday of Army PFC Thomas W. Johnson of London, Ohio. He was killed in action in Vietnam on July 4, 1969, four months shy of his 20th birthday.

His sister, Janie, wrote these words on his page of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund virtual wall: "To my brother...my hero...Tom, you are always in my thoughts and prayers. Although I was a child when you died, there has not been a day go by that I have not thought of you and what our lives would be like today if you were still here with us."

If we don't honor and remember, who will??