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Terror of death, and that my chief worst my grief might bring to those so dear to me ". then he ended saying "i feel wonderful strong to do my share well for my sake. you must try and drown your sorrow in pride and sanction that i died well in so clean a cause as ours." he ended "god bless and keep you, my dear heart. be kind to little elizabeth. i love you so well. david." today we remember the service and sacrifice of sergeant david kerr. william robinson evans jr. was born in indiana in 1918. he was an eagle scout. after grade watting from college in connecticut he enlisted in the navy rese...

University, but he dropped out of college to fight in world war i. he deployed to france, volunteered to participate in an attack on saint nihal and two months before the guns fell silent at the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month, sergeant david kerr fell. after the war, the french government awarded him the cred creditair with palm for his courage. at the day of the attack sergeant kerr sent a letter to his mom. he wrote, and i quote -- "tomorrow the first totally american drive commences, and it gives me an expressible joy and pride to know that i shall be present to do my share. sh...

Uniform of the united states, and nearly 1 million americans have fallen in uniform since our nation's founding. americans of every race and creed have fought and died for our freedom, but as i can tell from the faces of those gathered here, you know the numbers don't tell the story. they tell nothing of the lives of promise cut short, of dreams unfulfilled, and families shattered. words fail when heroes fall. so we do well on this day each year just to tell their stories. and to let their words and deeds speak for them. david kerr was born in louisiana in 1893. he was a student at columbia