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Randy Dalton\u00a0was\u00a0only 20\u00a0when his chopper crashed in Cambodia.<\/p>\n
In an article published by CBS St Louis, Metro-East resident John Minford observed: \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s one of the promises the military makes, dead\u00a0or alive you will come home. And this one came home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minford went on to say\u00a0he was proud to join the hundreds who saluted the flag-draped coffin of Army Specialist John Dalton as it was taken out of a Glen Carbon funeral home, Sunday.<\/p>\n
Spc Dalton died in a helicopter crash in the \u00a0Vietnam War, but his remains weren\u2019t identified until recently.<\/p>\n
Forty years to the day after the\u00a0crash, Dalton was laid to rest.<\/p>\n
A fellow Vietnam vet, Jim Miller, was moved by the thousands of American flags leading the way to the cemetery, \u201cIt makes me think of all my fallen brothers who are still over there. It makes me real sad.\u201d<\/p>\n
A family member stated in the memorial service: \u00a0\u201cHe is forever young, living in our memories.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Randy Dalton\u00a0was\u00a0only 20\u00a0when his chopper crashed in Cambodia. In an article published by CBS St Louis, Metro-East resident John Minford observed: \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s one of the promises the military makes, dead\u00a0or alive you will come home. And this one came home.\u201d Minford went on to say\u00a0he was proud to join the hundreds who saluted the flag-draped…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,75,67,57,3],"tags":[88,87,86],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-life-and-death","category-military-heroism","category-patriotism","category-seen-it-before-but-i-love-to-watch-this-now-thats-what-i-call-a-welcome-home","tag-flags","tag-vets","tag-vietnam-war"],"yoast_head":"\n