May Wayne be forever remembered. Dennis last saw Wayne in a hospital in Da Nang. Wayne always said he would come back to see him. He never made it. He was killed just a few days after his visit with Dennis. Let us hope none of our brave, living and dead are ever forgotten. May he rest in peace. Thank you Wayne for your service.

WAYNE AND I WERE ON WRESTLING TEAM 66 HE WAS A GREAT WRESTLER HE WAS TAKEN WAY TO SOON  MAY HE RESWT IN PEACE  STEPHEN DEBLASIO

                                     I REMEMBER       Wayne was an independent  force of nature .    We used to gather behind the LHS building  on summer nights to decide what to do that eve . it was early sept and we were getting ready to head back to school. i rememember the night i drove up and  got the news that Wayne was gone at age 21 . i used to scrimmage with Wayne in wrestling practice . he was so good he used to casually  hum the song "forget him" in tune, without missing a note  ( sung by  BOBBY VEE?)  as he thorougjly kicked my ass. for whatever reason he liked me and over the years my like for him became love.        on sept 16 1988  ...., more than 21 years after we lost  him i visited the Viet Nam memorial in dc  with my older son who was 6 at that  time. Wayne was there on Panel: 25 E.........Line 086... TIM SHELTON  ....   BOB DORNER .... ............ JOE DI LANDRO.....( I wore his number 41 jersey  in football in tribute  to him and as joe was i was voted the most valuable player awrd and  elected co captain with  my best friend Bill Pugh)........ ALF ERIKSEN........TOM  POLDINO..........and  ROBERT  JAMIESON  were all there  on  panels too  i  think of all of them very  often  especially on memorial day , the 4th , memorial day etc . david halberstam wrote a book about the nature of those who served in Vietnam called " the best and the brightest"  PLEASE READ IT i will never accept or understand to  this very moment what they were sacrificed for and i still don't know ,,, but the bitterness is long gone and my love and appreciation  for Wayne and all the rest of them only grows. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

 It has been an honor to be named after you. The family will never forget you and the new generations will all become to know you. God Bless- Wayne (your nephew)

For Marine Corporal Wayne Marquardt and all those that knew him and loved him.  I just want to say thank you for your courage, dedication and sacrifice.  Please know we who survived will not let you be forgotten. "Semper Fidelis"