Some Gave All


William A. Burr
U.S. Army
Vietnam Veteran
Died 1984

My Brother was in the 101st. Airborne. His name is: William A. Burr. He committed suicide in 1984 by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and locking himself in his garage all night with the car running.

He volunteered for Vietnam in 1965 because mom had 10 kids in the house and our father had just passed away so he thought he could go to war and make money that way. He sent all his pay checks home to mom to feed the kids. He wanted to go to WMU in Kalamazoo Michigan and become a priest, I was a baby when he went to nam. I am his youngest sister and was very close to him. He was a very unselfish man. I am now 34 yrs old and attending WMU in Kalamazoo.

I just feel my brother needs to be seen for the hero that he truly was and not a "baby Killer" or whatever other nonsense that folks come up with.

Rae Immekus
REImmekus@beloit.com
rae.immekus@wmich.edu