Ralph & the Lute Ran Hotties Posin' for Posterity

ABOVE:  As you can see, they can still dress up real purty.


BELOW:  Ralph and the Lute Ran Hot Teas posin, always posin.

Remembering the wasted life of 1st Lt. James Raymond Hockett

Because we still wage these senseless wars against politically, financially, and economically weaker peoples of the earth, 1st LT James Raymond Hockett's death has been in vain.

James Raymond Hockett

First Lieutenant
25 INF DIV
Army Of The United States
27 October 1945 - 22 September 1968
Blue Island, IL
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The database page for James Raymond Hockett

REMEMBERED

by his friends and family
in the Blue Island community.

A memorial from one who remembers, Randy Kethcart randy@bobcat.ws 5 Aug 2001

James Raymond Hockett

First Lieutenant Army Of The United States

PERSONAL DATA Home: Blue Island, Illinois DOB: Saturday, 10/27/1945 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian Married? Yes Religion: Methodist   MILITARY DATA Service: Army Of The United States Comp: Reserve Grade: O2 Rank: First Lieutenant ID No: O5337539 MOS: 1542 - Infantry Unit Commander LenSvc: Between 3 and 4 years Unit: 25 INF DIV   CASUALTY DATA Start Tour: Tuesday, 08/13/1968 Cas Date: Sunday, 09/22/1968 Age at Loss: 22 Remains: Body Recovered Location: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam Type: Hostile, Died Of Wounds Reason: Artillery, Rocket, Mortar - Ground Casualty Last Update: September 1969   ON THE WALL Panel 43W Line 063

We don't need no troops in Afghanistan
We don't need no troops in Pakistan
We don't need no troops in Iraq
Come back home all, Come back home.

Showing off my son and folks at our favorite Restuarant and Country Club

Eldest son Mark and 1st grandson Adam James - Mark is the one with the 4 double chins.

 Again, son and grandson - son is the one with the bigger smile and the bigger belly (he be expecting quintuplets).  Son invests far more money in razor blades than grandson.  Does this mean son should get grandson razor blades for Christmas?  ... Naw, the little booger head gets the rare privelidge of my company.

Oldest daughter Gay and sin-in-law Mike take a moment to look up from their booze and smile at the camera.

Mike and Gay again, looking younger than ever.

It'll be 61 years married to the same partner together this 11 January, 2011.

Still married after all these years

Mom and dad celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary (1-11-2010) at MacRay Memorial Golf Club Restuarant. Delcious eats, and a treat to spend the evening with son, grandsons, daughter, and sin-in-law.