Obituaries:  Richard J. Remedies, Sabine Parish       R-532
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 10, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Richard J. Remedies

  The parents of Army Pfc. Richard J. Remedies, 20, were notified
Thursday morning, Aug. 3, that their son had been killed in Viet
Nam action near Di An, 17 miles south of Saigon.

  Mr. and Mrs. Richard Remedies of Zwolle said that they were
notified that their son was shot by friendly forces, while on
guard duty, Aug. 1, and died Aug. 2.

  Remedies, who enlisted in the Army shortly after graduation from
Zwolle High School in 1966, had arrived in Viet Nam in mid July.

  Funeral services were to be conducted Thursday, Aug. 10, at the
St. Joseph Catholic Church of Zwolle, with the Very Rev. Msgr.
Robert C. Friend officiating. Burial was in the St. Joseph
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of
Many, with full military rights at the graveside.

  Military personnel from Ft. Polk served as pallbearers.

  Surviving relatives include his parents; six brothers, Ronnie,
Tommy, Mike, P?, Randy, and Kenny, all of Zwolle; two sisters,
Mrs. Ronnie Sadler of Overton, Tex., and Ruth Remedies of Zwolle;
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Lopez of Zwolle, and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hosea Remedies, all of Zwolle.