Harley D. Miller
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| Age: |
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21 |
| Hometown: |
Spokane, WA |
| Date of Death: |
11/27/2004 |
| Incident Location: |
Barnian, Afghanistan |
| Branch of Military: |
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Army |
| Rank: |
Spc. |
| Unit: |
3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light) |
| Unit's Base: |
Schofield Barracks, HI |
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Harley's caring and thoughtfulness amazed even those who only knew him by the stories his mother would share. His wish for the holidays was not for himself but for those he served with. He wanted to prepare and serve an "authentic" holiday meal to help ease in some small way, the emptiness of being so far away from loved ones during this holiday season. Harley recruited his mom in collecting enough food and treats to feed his entire unit. The menu consisted of ham, chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, pumpkin and sweet potato pies, and chocolate pudding. In his honor, the unit will be preparing and serving this meal on Christmas day. The first boxes were arriving the week of Harley's passing.
Harley's final thoughts were of his wife Sarah. On that morning of the fatal flight the phones were down so Harley used his second favorite means of communication, e-mail. In this e-mail he told Chris that he was well; he was on his way back to his unit; and to tell Sarah he loved her. He signed off with his usual, "love you bunches."
24/03/2009with love we think of you..............
We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday, and days before that too.
We think of you in silence, we often speak your name.
Now all we have are memories, and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake, with which we'll never part.
God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.
Unknown...
16/03/2009Autumn
Dear Harley, We all miss you so much. As it gets closer to when we lost you it gets harder but we now that you are in a better place. That helps but dose not stop us from missing you. The day of remembrance was a good thing for us. Rhonda made you a candle for the candle light service. You will always be my baby brother, I love and miss you.