ELMER AN AMERICAN WITH A UNIQUE NAME

MY TRIBUTE TO SGT. ELMER CHARLES KRAUSE

OUR FAMILIES TRUE AMERICAN HERO

IT'S NEAR MEMORIAL DAY 2005

WE ALL WISH YOU WERE STILL ALIVE

AT YOUR LAST MOMENTS YOU WERE STRONG AND BRAVE

OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM AND ANOTHER'S YOU TRIED TO SAVE

WE MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH

AND WISH YOU WERE HERE TO HUG AND TOUCH

SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN YOU CAME TO SEE SAN FRANCISCO

JONATHAN WAS A BABY WHEN YOUR NIECES PLAYED WITH FLOUR AND CRISCO

YOUR HAIR WAS A FIERY SOFT RED

THERE WAS SO MUCH LEFT UNSAID

JONATHAN LIKE YOU MUST LIVE LIFE WITHOUT HIS FATHER

EVEN IN ENEMY FIRE YOUR STRENGTH DID NOT COWER

YOUR HEART WAS FULL OF AMERICAN PRIDE

LITTLE DID WE KNOW YOU WERE ENDING LIFE'S RIDE

AS A TODDLER ON A BIG WHEEL YOU WERE A DARE DEVIL

LIVING THE WILDER SIDE OF LIFE YOU LIKED TO REVEL

FROM THROWING SPITBALLS AT A PRO WRESTLERS MATCH

TO PROTECTING OUR MOTHER WITH THE CAPITAL STREET BACK DOOR LATCH

IN OUR HEARTS THERE STILL IS PAIN

OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

I MISS WATCHING MOVIES WITH YOU EATING POPCORN

THANK GOD BIG BROTHER THAT YOU WERE BORN

WE STILL TALK TO YOUR BEST FRIENDS KATIE AND BECKY

TO BE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS YOU WERE VERY LUCKY

THEY TALK FONDLY OF ESCAPADES IN VALLEJO AT NIGHT

BUT NOW WE WISH YOU WEREN'T OUT OF SIGHT

NO MORE FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS

YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR OUR NATION

NO MORE ICECREAM, CEREAL, PEANUT BUTTER WHIPPED CREAM AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE

NO ONE CAN MEASURE OUR GREAT LOSS

I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER YOUR NAME

YOU CAME THROUGHT OUR LIFE LIKE A FIREY FLAME

ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS WAS MACARONI AND CHEESE

YOU WERE ALWAYS EAGER TO PLEASE

EVER FAITHFUL EVER TRUE

ELMER WE SURE TO MISS YOU

YOU MUST HAVE HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HEARING YOURSELF CALLED SIR

HOW COULD SUCH A TERRIBLE TRADEGY OCCUR

I WILL REMEMBER SGT. ELMER CHARLES KRAUSE

THE FATHER BROTHER FRIEND SHENANIGAN PRANKSTER COMEDIAN AND TRUE RED HAIRED FRECKLED FACED, BROAD SMILED KRAUSE FORE HEADED BRAVE COURAGEOUS AMERICAN SOLDIER THAT

I AM PROUD TO CALL MY BROTHER

PLEASE REMEMBER THE THE NAME SGT ELMER C. KRAUSE

NAVY/ARMY   VALLEJO/NORTH CAROLINA    BORN APRIL 25, 63 DIED APRIL 9 2004

A UNIQUE NAME FOR AN HONORABLE MAN WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRAFICE ON APRIL 9TH GOOD FRIDAY 2004 IN IRAQ

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