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Tribute to a Warrior, Brother, and Friend |
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 |
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It is with sadness of heart that I inform the membership of the passing of Donald DeVere, SOA # 018. Don passed at 3:00 AM on this date, August 28, 2010. Don was an original member of Special Forces and was one of the early members of our Association.Those of us who have served with Don are aware of his professionalism as a Special Forces Soldier. He was the consummate “Quiet Professional”. In 1966 and 1967 Don served in MACVSOG. Don as the Recon Team Leader or “One-Zero” of Team Oregon, trained his team to perfection and then led it into numerous target areas in Laos. Don and Special Forces Soldiers like him are the legend in the “Legendary” of MACV Studies and Observations Group operations.Don was not a stranger to the other elite units in the 5th SFGA. As the First Sergeant of the Project Delta Reconnaissance Company, Don led by example and kept his finger in the operational mix. On one operation, his team made contact and required extraction under duress. When Don’s son, assigned as a gunship pilot in the 281st Assault Helicopter Company heard that his dad was in trouble, he flew his gunship out and participated in the extraction of the team. Don had a panel marker inside his hat and when his son identified it, Don told his son to shoot everything around the orange dot. Don was a true “Warrior”. A quiet man, cool under fire and accomplished in all aspects of the Warrior ethos. His professional demeanor and competence inspired those around him. He was exactly what you would expect a twenty year Special Forces “Quiet Professional” and a “Warrior”, to be.Don’s wife, Mary Ann, sons and daughter were at his side when he passed to that special place where Warriors gather on the other side.It is with sadness of heart that I inform the membership of the passing of Donald DeVere, SOA # 018. Don passed at 3:00 AM on this date, August 28, 2010. Don was an original member of Special Forces and was one of the early members of our Association.Those of us who have served with Don are aware of his professionalism as a Special Forces Soldier. He was the consummate “Quiet Professional”. In 1966 and 1967 Don served in MACVSOG. Don as the Recon Team Leader or “One-Zero” of Team Oregon, trained his team to perfection and then led it into numerous target areas in Laos. Don and Special Forces Soldiers like him are the legend in the “Legendary” of MACV Studies and Observations Group operations.Don was not a stranger to the other elite units in the 5th SFGA. As the First Sergeant of the Project Delta Reconnaissance Company, Don led by example and kept his finger in the operational mix. On one operation, his team made contact and required extraction under duress. When Don’s son, assigned as a gunship pilot in the 281st Assault Helicopter Company heard that his dad was in trouble, he flew his gunship out and participated in the extraction of the team. Don had a panel marker inside his hat and when his son identified it, Don told his son to shoot everything around the orange dot. Don was a true “Warrior”. A quiet man, cool under fire and accomplished in all aspects of the Warrior ethos. His professional demeanor and competence inspired those around him. He was exactly what you would expect a twenty year Special Forces “Quiet Professional” and a “Warrior”, to be.Don’s wife, Mary Ann, sons and daughter were at his side when he passed to that special place where Warriors gather on the other side. |
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