Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley
tommy26, of Fort Myers, Florida.
Killed in action in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Died on March 23, 2003.
From Fallen Heroes website:
Tags: tampaIt was the terror attacks of September 11 that inspired Fribley to quit his job at a southern Florida retirement home and sign up with the Marines—ending his farewell letter to his co-workers with the Corps’ slogan, “Semper Fidelis.” He was an all-conference football player and a track-and-field star (shot put and hammer throw) at Warsaw Community High School in Indiana—”one of the best we’ve had here,” according to athletic director Dave Fulkerson. He went on to graduate with a degree in recreational-business administration from Indiana State, and was engaged to a woman he met just before he enlisted. Shortly after arriving in Kuwait, he told his mother that conditions in Iraq were “worse than you can imagine,” adding: “Something has to be done.” The military offered the Fribleys a plot for their son in Arlington National Cemetery, but the Fribleys have turned it down, saying they want their son to be buried nearby. “His mother and I want him home,” Gary Fribley told a reporter.
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May 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 am
Please Ask
Someone asked me about you today.
It’s been so long since anyone has done that.
It felt so good to talk about you,
to share my memories of you,
to simply say your name out loud.
She asked me if I minded talking about
what happened to you —
or would it be too painful to speak of it.
I told her I think of it every day
and speaking about it helps me to release
the tormented thoughts whirling around in my head.
She said she never realized the pain
would last this long.
She apologized for not asking sooner.
I told her, “Thanks for asking.”
I don’t know if it was curiosity
or concern that made her ask,
But told her, “Please do it again sometime —
soon.”
— Barbara Taylor Hudson