In Memory of a Fallen Warrior

[TideRoll]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family on this heartbreaking loss. Godspeed to your brother, that the last breath he took on earth was followed by his first breath with the Lord. May we as those who are left behind not take for granted his sacrifice and to honor his memory.

[ForestPuma]

I am truly sorry for your loss.

[gvarsity]

My condolences. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[Spagg]

I am very sorry for the loss of your brother. My thoughts and prayers go out for you, your family and friends.

[Mr.Maduro]

My condolences. Your family will be in my family's prayers.

[simon81]

very sorry for you loss may he RIP

[macms]

Peace be with you.

[Ski1215]

Thank you to your brother and your family for his service. A kid I went to high school with (in a small town) was killed in Iraq on foot patrol as well. Its tough and I hope you get the respect and mouring from your community thats ours showed.

[novasurf]

Take refuge in his memory. May he rest in power. PM sent.

[n3uka]

My deepest condolences for your and your families loss.

[macjoe53]

At the end of each year I lift a glass and recall the names of those I've known lost during the past year. I will add your brother to my list though I never met him. He was the brother of a brother. He was an American soldier. The love and respect of the nation belong to your brother and all your family for his sacrifice...


"Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,
Remember’d tolling a departing friend..."

[galaga]

We are sorry for your loss, prayers sent.

[gamayrouge]

My condolences to you and your family.

[RETSF]

My family and I thank-you for the prayers and condolances. Jon believed in mission, but I also believe that he went to lead and look after his men. There is a rank and file respect due to rank and position but their is also a bond amoung warriors that goes deeper than that. Not just that his men and fellow warriors follow his orders because they have to; their is an earned respect that bonds these people together even tighter than blood relations. The members of the [SIZE=2]3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps, his old unit at Ft Sill and every troop he came in contact with all assumulated the good qualities he displayed as their own.[/SIZE]
The Rev. Marc Fuller, pastor of the Congregational Church in Houlton, conducted the ceremony. He said that Lowery was "a friend to many, a leader to some, and a soldier through and through." "He loved his life and made a difference in the lives of many others," he continued. "He trained soldiers as a drill sergeant and gave those men the skills to survive in the face of great adversity." Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, praised Lowery as a dedicated soldier, father, son and brother. [SIZE=2]"If death is a debt we all must pay, Jon paid it before he owed it," During the ceremony, Fuller read aloud from a letter submitted by Lowery’s mother-in-law, Kathy Meason. Meason, who lives in Cyril, Okla., talked about a letter Lowery had written to his two sons from Iraq.[/SIZE]
"Boys, I lay and look at the stars each night, and I am thinking of you and praying for you," wrote Lowery. "I love you more than you’ll ever know."

Their was a thread once that had to do with who is your hero: This was mine.

Time to rest-you earned it Bro.

Thanks

MSgt Norman Lowery (USAF,RET)

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by RETSF

My family and I thank-you for the prayers and condolances. Jon believed in mission, but I also believe that he went to lead and look after his men. There is a rank and file respect due to rank and position but their is also a bond amoung warriors that goes deeper than that. Not just that his men and fellow warriors follow his orders because they have to; their is an earned respect that bonds these people together even tighter than blood relations. The members of the [SIZE=2]3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps, his old unit at Ft Sill and every troop he came in contact with all assumulated the good qualities he displayed as their own.[/SIZE]
The Rev. Marc Fuller, pastor of the Congregational Church in Houlton, conducted the ceremony. He said that Lowery was "a friend to many, a leader to some, and a soldier through and through." "He loved his life and made a difference in the lives of many others," he continued. "He trained soldiers as a drill sergeant and gave those men the skills to survive in the face of great adversity." Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, praised Lowery as a dedicated soldier, father, son and brother. [SIZE=2]"If death is a debt we all must pay, Jon paid it before he owed it," During the ceremony, Fuller read aloud from a letter submitted by Lowery’s mother-in-law, Kathy Meason. Meason, who lives in Cyril, Okla., talked about a letter Lowery had written to his two sons from Iraq.[/SIZE]
"Boys, I lay and look at the stars each night, and I am thinking of you and praying for you," wrote Lowery. "I love you more than you’ll ever know."

Their was a thread once that had to do with who is your hero: This was mine.

Time to rest-you earned it Bro.

Thanks

MSgt Norman Lowery (USAF,RET)

I am speechless Norm. Way to be POSITIVE! Jon was a hero!