Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom

"SGT FRIEDRICH
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOUR DEATH, BRINGS FREEDOM TO MANY, BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHERE YOU WERE KILLED, IRAQ. I WEAR YOUR KIA BRACLET AND YOU KEEP ME SAFE. WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHAT THAT BLACK BRACLET IS ON MY WRIST, I SAY TO THEM, IT IS TO REMIND ME OF ALL THAT HAVE GIVEN, AND TO REMIND US OF ALL THE FALLEN."
SGT. LAPORTE of ILLINOIS

"I have two sons of my own now, and cannot bear the thought of losing either of them. How does a mother -- or father -- go on? I think of your parents, and your sisters, often. You are in the hearts of so many -- you will always be here."
of Gouverneur

"Anyone (Jamin, Ben, Rob, Jean, etc.) who wishes to contact Travis' parents, you can. We would love to hear from you. We are at dave.friedrich@gmail.com"
Dave Friedrich of Vero Beach, aboard ELIZABETH

"That two-word message before this is mine...not sure what to post here. Stumbling around in the dark...trying to find the proper words. I still can't wrap my brain around this whole thing...thought we paid our dues...ugh. The Friedrichs are always in my thoughts...I miss everything"
Jamin Mashaw of Saratoga, New York

"Ouch! Why?"
HydeParker of 12866

"March 10, 2008 - Five red roses were placed at your Country Club Estates memorial today in honor of the five birthdays that have passed since you made the ultimate sacrifice. We will never forget."
Jean Dobbin of Naugatuck, CT, USA

"Good morning, my boy. You've been a loyal crew member aboard the good ship ELIZABETH, and your place of honor is always respected by all. Your Gold Star burgee is getting a bit faded, but it is as proud as ever. Your sister Amanda and her new family spent several days here in Vero Beach, and we all had a good time. The bad news is that your Grandmother Grace passed away last Friday. Your mother and I were able to rush to Atlanta and be at her side. I whispered in her ear to say Hello to you. I believe she already did. She was 93! We will be heading back home in a few more weeks, and we will be there in time for the Memorial Day Parade. Hey, good news! You finally got your name on a plaque on the "Lest We Forget" arch! It's about time!
I love you, Travis, and if possible, miss you more each day."
Dave Friedrich of Vero Beach, aboard ELIZABETH

"I cannot believe it has been four years already! This war that has taken you from us still wages on. When will enough be enough? I do support our soldiers, but would like to see this all come to an end. I talk to you in my dreams every now and then. You still look the same, sound the same, put me in my place the same and hug the same as you did when we lived in the dorms at brockport. I remember "breaking" into your dorm, moving your tv, couches, dressers, and a number of other things into our room and tying your sneakers, bob's and rob's sneakers into a long rope after XC practice and going into your dressers and hanging all of your boxers on the walls...remember when you stole our bras? Those were the days! One day I will buck up and post the pictures on this page, till then, I will just let you be. I miss you so much! Life is not the same without you!
I love ya!"
Alicia Proctor-Szilagyi of Buffalo, NY

"Hey Trav… you’ve been in my thoughts lately… four years, crazy… I have a 6 month old baby princess…. Skylar Elizabeth (currently playing on my lap)… she is beyond words… I will have to track your parents down, I was just wondering a few days ago if they had ever set sail… peace"
ben manning of b'ville, ny

"Travis,
I was at work the other day, and someone asked me what today's date was, and I replied "the 20th". I then glanced down at the black bracelet on my wrist with your name on it, and smiled. You were an inspiration to us all and a real class act while we were slumming it over in Iraq. Miss you brother."
Spc. Peter Gillis of Boston

"Still missing you."
GHS Class of '95

"Hey Trav. I hope you're enjoying the open waters! I'm thinking of you and your family. Peace be with you all. You're in my prayers."
dor of Gouverneur, NY

"I miss you with every breath I take and with every day I am here and you are not. I hold you and our memories close to my heart."
katy

"I don't know why, but something brought me to your page today. I think about being at Ft. Benning and how we had all made the best of that situation. Our conversations always went to Jeeps. I just want you to know that I am on my third one and it is almost paid off. When it is, I'd like to have it airbrushed with art as sort of a tribute to all the things that are important to me. Your name will be on there, along with Brown's. So when I roll down the highway with the top off, in the middle of Washington DC, I want people I pass to know that you paid the ultimate price, before the politics, before the arguements, before the anti-war protests (yes we get a lot of that here) when it was about being together, comrades, fighting because it was simply, what we signed up for. Your sister in arms, "T""
Sgt Tremblay of Formerly of 325, now Washington DC

"Travis, your mother and I are taking you on an adventure. I hope you don't mind, but I just could NOT leave you home alone. Your cremains are mounted securely on the teak dash over the hatch to the forward cabin of our trawler Elizabeth. You are our moral compass: the boat has at least 5 other compasses including a hand-held bearing compass that belonged to your grandfather. You are going with us as we travel following Fall south and Spring north, and we are seeing with our own eyes, that this is still a country worth dying for. Thank you for helping us with your vision, focus, humor, forgiving spirit, intelligence, and agility. We will need all the help you can give us. Our Gold Star burgee flies proudly (and, of course, sadly) on the bow. Bon Voyage!"
Dave Friedrich of currently afloat on the Erie Canal

"Travis- i haven't been able to write till now. One is because I miss you very very much. Thank you for all the memories at school, the date party, our long talks on the Track bus, the mad dog 20/20 that we put into our gatorade bottles on the way home from Boston so coach wouldn't know, the night when you stopped by my house and wanted to go to my parents house to look at my baby pictures,all the funny emails and letters when we were gone from school. I will cherish the letter you sent your last day, makes me happy that i was on your mind. My life changed that day and I lost one of my best friends. But I laugh every time I think of all of you guys eating everything in the dining hall then running 400's then puking!!! It makes me smile to see how many people loved you and how many lives you have touched. You are an Angel, I love you."
Katy Smith of Orlando, FL

"I'll always remember looking over at Travis in our front-row seats in math class once and seeing him twist a piece of pink yarn around his fingers, then walk it around his desk like it was an action figure or something. I laughed and asked what the deal was and he smirked, more to himself than to me, "Gotta *entertain* myself..." as if Mr P's algebra lesson was child's play.

Random, I know, but that's what brought me here."
Rob Davis of San Angelo, Tx 6/6/07

"I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes and I have no idea what to say... I feel so ripped off, like it's all so pointless. The military is all I've known, this is the only job I've ever held, and yet I can't bring myself to understand or excuse what is wrong with it all.

I am so sorry.
I am so proud to say that I knew you.
I am so glad that your parents can come here and see what an effect you've had on so many lives, and that they did so well as parents.

Godspeed my friend. You are missed."
TSgt Rob Davis, GHS Class of 95 of San Angelo, Texas

"HI My boy! I love you and miss you tons! I have your picture on my desk...the best thing about it is that my husband doesn't mind. My grandmother was at my house tonight. It is almost her time to pass. One of my comforting thoughts is that you will take care of her. I know you are up in heaven having a blast with my father already, but I still miss you. Life has never been the same without you. i saw a friend tonight...a friend I hadn't seen a long time. His life reflected yours, well, a place in my heart reflected yours in mine. It was hard for me to tell my husband that I had seen this person. BUT, thinkig about you made it a little easier. He is a kind man, as you are, but not the man I married...everything happens for a reason. I would have married you, but I got mad when you left me at Bob's wedding...maybe this was why. God knew he would take you from us at a young age. I just hope he had better things for you to do because I am still mad. I am agngry. I miss you. I loved you. I loved you with all of my heart. I wish I could get over you. I don't know what else to say. You were my best friend. I love you!"
alicia of buffalo

"Tomorrow is your birthday. I will go to work, take care of my children and to everyone around me it will just be another day. It's funny how life goes on. It seems so inconsiderate. I am constantly reminded of you and I miss you so much. I see you in Pasquale's quirky humor and his awkward young boy gait. Elizabeth's got your ears! You are always near, in my every day experiences...bittersweet. I even keep your awful crime scene paperbacks even though I know I'll never read them. Just to know your fingers touched them is a comfort. I don't know if you're really in "a better place" as they say. I'm not sure what I believe anymore. All I know for sure is you're gone from us and it's still not fair. Tommorrow, I'll go to Taco Bell for your birthday lunch or maybe I'll make a tuna casserole. Just know, I will be thinking of you."
Tallie (Friedrich) Giuliano of Rochester, NY

"My Dear Travis! I miss you so much! I hope you are in a better place than we are. I still keep your pictures up, and even sent some pics home to your parents...the funny pictures of us in college! I really love the picture of you and me at Bob's wedding, and I love your Mr PotatoHead...it would scare the hell our of your niece! I found some more pics and will send them to your mother and father. I know it seems silly that I am typing a message to you, but if heaven is anything like we learned it was, I know you will receive it! I will never stop missing you and loving you!"
Alicia Proctor-Szilagyi of Buffalo, NY

"Trav, three years is a long time to grieve. I have much to be thankful for, that's very true, but now I know that grief will always be my companion, like a shadow that follows me around, not always visible but always close. Ethan's mention of the Cemetery Seven and the Shadow Run brought me here. Ethan didn't mention that he and Amanda have a new baby boy named Ethan, and your sister Tallie has a new baby girl named Elizabeth Grace, for your mother and your grandmother. She was born August 27th. There is an old song with the line, "and when I'm gone, there'll be one child born to carry on." You are in that child, and because of that she will receive more love and respect than she knows how to deal with. Your mother is finishing her last year of teaching, and looking forward to retiring in June. We bought a bigger trawler and will take it South for the winters starting next year. It too is named Elizabeth, for your mother, your sister, and your new niece.
I love you."
Dave Friedrich of Macomb, New York

"Travis,
This month from begining to end is filled with so many negatives. It is filled with so much sorrow,greif and anger. I have decided that it is ok to allow myself to remember all of them and to think of more, because it is normal. The only promise I have made is that before I wonder off with my head down I will offset those negatives with a positive thought. I will not allow myself to go throught this month feeling helpless or enraged. I have to many thoughts that are pure and that are mine to give in to creating negatives of my own. I know many people, back in the day, had been feeling less than content, for whatever reason, and you were the one who never left them the way you found them. It was you that people looked to for hope and honesty, they also got comedy as a freebie. How did you always have an intelligent way of explaining things, giving us a new direction, and before we knew it, we were on our way with new found hope and for some reason laughing? Now, like then, we turn around to say, "Thanks man," and you have moved on. Here I go again, I cant see the blurry computer screen. I am thinking of the cemetery 7 X-country run your Dad made up... Route 58 at the 60 foot high rock cut...I am on the road about to fall over from exhaustion and the people in front of me have stopped and are pointing to something...I look to my left and there are shadows on the rock cut wall...shadows of cars going by, the very ones that are passing me...but wait what the heck is that shadow...there is a Giant stomping on the cars as they drive by...I look up on the rock wall on my side and there you are Tavis...smiling and stomping, stomping and smiling, I guess you decided the road was to boring and there was a less traveled path to be seen,and it was worth it. So we all stood there laughing as you once again took us out of our situation and to your world for just a few minutes in time. Thanks man.
(There was one other person I remember on that rock. She was always by his side. I bet she has one or two good ones to tell. I would like to read anyones story so that it can be passed on as a great memory.)"
Ethan Reynolds of Your humble community, Gouverneur, NY

"Wow it's Sept. 11th, 2006, 5 years after the fact of everything beginning. As I sit here at my computer at 3:34 am because I can not sleep, because I am thinking about everyone that I knew and served with that I have lost within the past 5 years. You are part of this Travis. We may not have talked that much in school, but your sister Talley was one of my really good friends. Thinking back to this day, and where I was and who this day effected the most in my life I would have to say my daughter, she didn't realize that being born to me would leave her behind for many months as I went off to defend this country in something that we stood for. Just like your parents never knew that you joining would do the same. And honestly I can say that I'm proud for what we stand and stood for, no one can ever take that away from us. You mean more to many people than you'll ever know, you are part of our history, a life that was taken to give life...maybe not for the people of our country, but the country that needed to be saved and helped. You helped to give freedom to the children that never knew what it was like to play sports like you did, to mothers that never knew what it was like to be able to be themselves like your mother, to daughters and sisters that never knew what it was like to be able to have an education and live the life that they have always wanted to, and to fathers that could never give their families the love and loyality that your father gave to yours. Travis this day, I will bow my head and pray for all of the families lives that you have touched in some way or another, and also for the families that have lost others in this war. I thank you and your family for giving us such a soldier as yourself to defend this country in a time that was needed. I hope that you look down on all of us and are pleased as to the job that we have done as fellow soldiers. You will always be in my prayers and thoughts! God speed my fallen soldier!
SSG Heather Plante-Dickey"
SSG Heather Plante-Dickey of Savannah,Ga

"To the family of Sgt Friedrich, our family sponsored a flag in his name for the Healing Field in Lynchburg, Va, over July 4th, 2006. We would be glad to send it you all in his memory. There is a yellow ribbon with his name. We did not know who we sponsored until we got the flag. We wanted to sponsor one in memory of our grandson, but it was taken. Please e mail us at justontthacker@sunlitsurf.com if you would like this flag, it would be our honor to send to you. LCpl Juston Thacker gave his life in Afghanistan 6/24/04 he was 21. Our family knows the pain and extend to you and yours our heartfelt thoughts and prayers. May God Bless you all as you go about honoring this fine young man. May we all remember that "the cost of Freedom is high, but the cost of the loss of that Freedom is higher" quote on Immanuel Baptist Church marque, in Princeton, WV. Proud grandparents of Juston."
Tom & Dixie Sisk of Princeton, WV

"hey trav.... it's just about memorial day 2006 and i am still having trouble over all of this... it's just not right, i feel it should have been me.... i am getting married on the 10th of June this year, we will be thinking of you (alot of the old friends are going to be there).... i also wanted to let you know that my first sons middle name is going to be David in your honor...."
Benjamen Manning of Baldwinsville, NY

"R.I.P. my fellow solder, god bless his family he was a great guy i went to basic with him and i remember all the friends i have lost everyday, WE WILL NEVER FORGET."
adam mcmurdy of mv.ca

"I remember very clearly having breakfast with you several mornings at the MKT at Camp Cropper. We talked about a variety of things, mostly how hot it was and how much we hated the cubes of egg and sausage. I remember thinking you were one of the soldiers that made the Army Reserves a great place: A smart and thoughtful man who knew his job and performed it with pride and without much complaint. When I got the word that you had been hit over at Abu my heart just sunk. I have thought a great deal about you since then. We weren't really anything more than aquaintances in the same dirty little camp but I can tell you that you are not forgotten."
CPT Jonathan Bennett of Centreville, VA

"Travis, I think about you everyday. I hear the song "TAPS" from the VFW everynight at 9:00pm, I always stop whatever it is I'm doing to remember you and thank you for everything. I was there with you that night and I wish that it was me instead. You had so much going for you. You were an awesome leader and a great friend. I put up a small memorial at work here in Alaska remembering you. I tell everyone about you. I really do miss you. You were the first person from the unit that I remember meeting. Everytime I think of you, I try to remember the good times and how you always tried to motivate me. Thank you for everything, Travis. I miss you."
SPC Jeannette Andrews (Medina) of Eagle River, AK (formerly Middletown, CT)

"Well, Trav, two years ago today you were still alive. Tomorrow I will replace the tattered flag which I have been flying in your honor for two years. Today I will build a triangular box out of scraps of wood and plexiglass. I have enough scraps to make about four boxes. Each flag lasts about two years. I retired from teaching this year after 37 years. You have no idea what your passing has done to me. "I feel like a dead man, held on end, to sink down soon" from Thomas Hardy's "The Going". I love you!"
Dave Friedrich of Macomb, NY

"We honored David on 17 August at Peace VIGIL IN Bozeman Montana."
Rev. Christie of Bozeman, Montana

"Travis, you always had that knack to make people laugh. Every time I read a Where's Waldo book, or play Yatzee, see Jerry Springer, Beavis and Butthead or people throwing up on a track after eating as much as they could at the cafeteria I will think of you and smile. I heard that you died the day before my birthday and that year I ran the Boston marathon in your honor. I didn't run as fast as you would have, but I am sure you would have cheered for me anyway. My teddy bear still wears my favorite tie of yours that you gave him on the way home from a track meet, so you are not, and never will be fogotton. Enjoy your wings my friend."
Stephanie Abt of Boston, MA (friend from SUNY Brockport)

"Travis, not a day goes by that I don't think of you. I miss you with all of my heart. I still have your pictures surrounding me, your memory lives on in my heart and in my mind. I love you."
Alicia Proctor of Buffalo, NY

"Today I remember Travis, and my heartfelt thoughts and prayers are extended to his family and friends. May you find peace and comfort with each passing day, and know that he is with you, running along beside you forever.

Memorial Day 2005"
of USA

"To the family of SGT Friedrich: I submit my deepest sympathies. I never knew David but was once a student at Gouverneur and both parents were once my teacher and or coach. I can only say as a soldier myself how proud you should be at David's selflish sacrifice. I only pass through NY every now and then and heard when I came home in 2003. He is forever a hero and I send a prayer in hopes that you (his family) are doing well."
SSG Billie (Countryman) York of Missouri (formerly Gouverneur)

"Dear David
I am sorry to say that the way I came to know you was by your death. I wear your name on a "Fallen Heroes Bracelet". You are at the age that if I had a son he could of been, I have two daugthers. If I could tell you anything it would be thank you, you are a real hero. My family is deeply sorry for the short time your family got to enjoy you. Our hearts go out to all your fellow fallen heroes who are now with you. I am a longhaul truck driver with my husband. We travel 48 states delivering all kinds of goods. Since your on my wrist you have been alot of places and seen alot of things. I know this was not what you planned for your life and I and all Americans are sorry for the great sacrifice you and your family made."
Molly Brown of Salem Or Marion

"Dear Travis,
As a fellow soldier and school mate, I shall say this, you will be truely missed forever! I remember seeing your face the happiest while you were running track, and joking with your friends. You and your family were always the nicest people, and gave a lot to the students at Gouverneur. I never knew you as a soldier, but I am sure you gave it your all, just like everything else in life that you did while you were growing up. I send all of my heart felt apologies to your family, and to let them know that I will always remember you as a Veteran, commarade and friend from home. While you sit high above us Travis looking down on all of us that knew you, either from high school, college or your military experience, always remember that YOU gave your everything, and you passed doing good for this country! You will always be remembered by many in different ways, but I'll always remember you as a school mate that never failed and never turned their back on anyone. Keep looking down on your family, take care of them, look down on our fellow soldiers, and for the ones that join you in your time of rest greet them with your smile and your happiness! Keep running and GOD SPEED TRAVIS! You're missed!!!!! To Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich, Tallie and Amanda, I am so sorry that Travis was one of the ones taken from you in this War, and I hope and pray that each and every one of you is doing ok! He is truely a hero in all of our eyes! God Bless you all!"
SSG Heather Plante-Dickey of Savannah, Ga ... Formerly of our little town Gouverneur,NY

"Travis, I'm still not good with words. I glad, despite this, you always knew how much I cared. Thank you for every second we had together. I appreciated them as they happened and will cherish them for the rest of my life. I am lucky to be your sister. I miss you and will love you always. Happy Birthday 3-10-05."
Mimi

"Travis,
Happy Birthday.
I often wondered how it was growing up in the family that did so much for our community's kids. I knew them as teachers, leaders and teamates. The same interests brought me back to them as an apprentice. Now it has become an experience of reality/life. I now have learned what a positive, loving, and nuturing atmosphere they do provide. Even on the "Three dog nights". The thing that would make you the proudest is that they still have continued on each day... giving hope, confidence, and the right tools to young Americans. I see that no matter how direct their teachings are towards their youths, it will be the indirect affect that captures a kid's heart. I know, I was one of them. Stop and think, in just the past few years, combined, they have already passed this on to hundreds of students. Each day they make the same journey, but have changed the journey of others. They are our Givers. Travis, I speak for many good people when I say WE honor you, WE love you and WE thank you for the opportunities that you and your family have given to all of us. Your life, their devotion "Will not be forgotten".
(03/10/2005)"
Ethan L. Reynolds of Your humble community, Gouverneur,NY

"hi,
i'd like to email with the family of
david. i've recently acquired a hero
bracelet with his name on it and
I'd like to know something about him,
the person, so I can do this bracelet
justice. I'd like his family to know that i'm honoring their son/brother
also. my e mail address is Lga1424@aol.com

my thoughts are with you during your
extreme time of sadness."
lynn grasso of tampa, florida

"At my temple for our High Holiday services we each took a name of a fallen soldier and we were to honor them in some way. I picked the name of Sergeant David Travis Friedrich of Hammond, New York. I have looked up a lot about him online and he seems like an amazing person. To honor him I recently donated $50 of my birthday money to Cell Phone for Soldiers so that hopefully a few soldiers will be able to call home to their families for the holidays. I am so sorry for the loss of Travis, but hopefully some men will get to speak with their families in his memory. I thought his friends and family would like to know what I had done."
Mindy , 16 of CT

"Good buy buddy, i love you and miss you."
rob boring of rochester ny

"Travis, your Dad told me,"this is what happens when you give it all you got." Thank you for giving all you had for me."
Mike Young of Macomb, NY

"Trav... it has been almost a year now... I still cry... it is so hard to get over that fact of losing a friend and then on top of that losing a soldier just like me... if we had been in the same unit we would have had a great time together... keep running brother.."
SSG Benjamen Manning of Gouverneur, NY

""Where were you on that September day
When the clouds floated over oh so grey

What did you do when you heard the sound
Did you pray for your life and hit the ground

What did you think when the ringing stopped
Did you wonder where the rounds had dropped

What did you do when you heard the death toll
Did you feel a knife tear at your soul

What did you do when we didn't return fire
To kill the enemy was that your desire

Now our Brothers are long gone
All we are left with is a solemn gong

God bless our heroes who where slain
Those angels where not killed in Vain

I wrote this twenty minutes after the attack. I never wrote poetry before this day. I knew Travis and Lunsford must be forever remebered so I wrote this.""
Spc. Anthony Whipkey of Leonardtown, MD

"Hi Travis - I'm Alicia Proctor's mom - i brought my mom to visit
Alicia at Brockport and my mom Pinched your butt on the elevator (i told her do so - she had several strokes and sometimes does things upon demad) you were so good and so sweet - your smile will forever be on my mind - say hi to alicia's dad - he's with you too!!! he passed away when alicia was just 6 years - god bless you and watch over your family"
Alcia's mom of Niagara Falls NY

"Travis, I will always miss you! You were my dearest friend in college, a person to confide in, a man who motivated many. You will be missed! I love you and think about you all the time. You picure will forever remain on my dresser, in my heart and in my mind!"
Alicia Proctor of Buffalo, NY

"Sergeant Friedrich, goodbye soldier and thank you. You are my hero."
Bill of Houston, Texas

"I look at your photo often and remember our friendly banter on jeeps. I hope you get to ride yours, with the top off, in the clouds and see below, family, friends and comrades who will always remember your name and your face."
Sgt T. of A Co 325

"Travis touched the lives of everyone who knew him. He will live on through those who loved him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Friedrichs, and to all of Travis's family and many, many friends."
Amy (Williamson) & Derek Bowman of Charlotte, NC (Formerly of Gouverneur, NY)

"We Will NEVER FORGET !"
Please KNOW so many people share your sadness, and we are remembering your family in your loss and your deep grief. Your HERO, David, will be remembered by name. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. God Bless you. Pat & Sandi Breckenridge from Montana "

"To Sgt. Friedrich's Family"
Though we are strangers, we want you to know how sorry we are your David was taken from you. There is no doubt his thoughts were of you as he served with the Army in Iraq. We will never forget. You are in our hearts. (1/27/04)"
Carol & Larry Miller of Tampa, Florida

"Travis... we are all going to miss you"
SSG Benjamen Manning of Ft. Hood, TX

"Thank you David Friedrich, you will not be forgotten. Your bravery goes beyond words. I want to express my deepest gratitude for your sacrifice. To the family and friends, my prayers and deep condolences in your loss. May God strengthen you from knowing that fellow Americans and people around the world care about you and grieve with you in your loss. God bless you all. A very appreciative fellow American,"
Leo Titus of Grayslake, Illinios

"To the Family and Friends of Sgt. David T. Friedrich. May the Lord comfort you at your time of need. I know that our nation mourns at the loss of another HERO! He will not be forgotten nor his deeds of valor and courage! Respectfully Yours - The Sibert Family"
Kathleen V. Sibert of Redondo Beach, California

"To the family and friends of Sgt. David Friedrich:
May God's grace be with you during your time of grief. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and we feel your loss and share in your sorrow. Bless David for the sacrifice he has made to make a better life for the rest of us."
The Ford Family of Wells, Nevada

"To the family and friends of Sgt. David Friedrich:
I am saddened by the loss of your loved one. He will always be remembered as a hero for fighting for freedom. I hope that this website will be a source of comfort and encouragement for you during this difficult time, and in the future as you recall the memories of David, who continues to live on in your heart."
Tim Rivera of Powder Springs, Georgia