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I just found out there will be a homecoming for a Vietnam Vet whose been MIA for 42yrs, out of Kannapolis, NC.
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/04...oming-home-qcd
If you have any info for this,please respond. It would be my honor to welcome Sgt. 1st class Donnie Monroe Shue home.
I have no details about the ride but I would hate to miss the chance to be there to welcome him home. Please post if you know anything about this.
I do know his homecoming will be on April 30-May1.
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/04...oming-home-qcd
If you have any info for this,please respond. It would be my honor to welcome Sgt. 1st class Donnie Monroe Shue home.
I have no details about the ride but I would hate to miss the chance to be there to welcome him home. Please post if you know anything about this.
I do know his homecoming will be on April 30-May1.
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Here is the info. A friend came through 
Folks here are the final details for the escort ride for SFC Donald Shue from Jeff Phillips of Rolling Thunder.
Saturday April 30th – Be at Tilley’s Statesville at 7am. We will pull out at 7:45am
Sunday May 1st – Be at Tilley’s Statesville at 11am. We will pull out at 11:45am
BLACK PANTS AND WHITE LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS – Yes it is okay to wear your vest over your shirt and they are requesting you wear it if you have one.
The times are now set for this Historic escort. As you know SFC Donald Monroe Shue , MIA 3 November 1969, has been found and will return home on April 30, 2011.
The Rolling Thunder Group and everyone else staying in Statesville, will meet at Tilley Harley Davidson in Statesville, NC ( 1226 Morland Drive, Statesville, NC 28677 ), at 07:00 am and pull out at 07:45 am. We will head to the Army National Guard ( 4240 West Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208). Our assembly time is 09:00 am, we will start our escort at 09:50 am. We will meet the Funeral Home people at the airport and escort SFC Shue to Concord. As we come into Concord we will stop at the City Hall for a brief ceremony then Proceed TO Kannapolis to Whitley Funeral Home.
DRESS CODE FOR THIS EVENT "BLACK PANTS LONG SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT" . Can be jeans and t-shirt, also wear your vest. This is for ALL GROUPS. This was a special request.
When we meet at the National Guard all leaders of each organization need to meet ME at the gate, after their group is parked. There will be one representative from each group in the lead group.
After the escort all of the Rolling Thunder group including our guest staying in Statesville, are invited to join us at Outback Steak House in Statesville to have dinner and socialize, dutch of course.
On Sunday May 1, 2011 we will leave Tilley Harley Davidson of Statesville at 11:45 am, to go to the Whitley Funeral Home in Kannapolis, NC. The service is for the family and friends, the rest of us will be on the flag lines until time to escort him to the cemetery. The service will be held at 1:30 pm.
Those not leaving from Tilley's needs to line up on Hwy 3 at the Whitley Funeral home around 1:00 pm. All bikes are welcome and we need everyone we can get on flag lines as we come into each City.
Any questions just ask.
Thank You,
Jeff Phillips
President
Rolling Thunder
Chapter 2 NC
Folks here are the final details for the escort ride for SFC Donald Shue from Jeff Phillips of Rolling Thunder.
Saturday April 30th – Be at Tilley’s Statesville at 7am. We will pull out at 7:45am
Sunday May 1st – Be at Tilley’s Statesville at 11am. We will pull out at 11:45am
BLACK PANTS AND WHITE LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS – Yes it is okay to wear your vest over your shirt and they are requesting you wear it if you have one.
The times are now set for this Historic escort. As you know SFC Donald Monroe Shue , MIA 3 November 1969, has been found and will return home on April 30, 2011.
The Rolling Thunder Group and everyone else staying in Statesville, will meet at Tilley Harley Davidson in Statesville, NC ( 1226 Morland Drive, Statesville, NC 28677 ), at 07:00 am and pull out at 07:45 am. We will head to the Army National Guard ( 4240 West Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208). Our assembly time is 09:00 am, we will start our escort at 09:50 am. We will meet the Funeral Home people at the airport and escort SFC Shue to Concord. As we come into Concord we will stop at the City Hall for a brief ceremony then Proceed TO Kannapolis to Whitley Funeral Home.
DRESS CODE FOR THIS EVENT "BLACK PANTS LONG SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT" . Can be jeans and t-shirt, also wear your vest. This is for ALL GROUPS. This was a special request.
When we meet at the National Guard all leaders of each organization need to meet ME at the gate, after their group is parked. There will be one representative from each group in the lead group.
After the escort all of the Rolling Thunder group including our guest staying in Statesville, are invited to join us at Outback Steak House in Statesville to have dinner and socialize, dutch of course.
On Sunday May 1, 2011 we will leave Tilley Harley Davidson of Statesville at 11:45 am, to go to the Whitley Funeral Home in Kannapolis, NC. The service is for the family and friends, the rest of us will be on the flag lines until time to escort him to the cemetery. The service will be held at 1:30 pm.
Those not leaving from Tilley's needs to line up on Hwy 3 at the Whitley Funeral home around 1:00 pm. All bikes are welcome and we need everyone we can get on flag lines as we come into each City.
Any questions just ask.
Thank You,
Jeff Phillips
President
Rolling Thunder
Chapter 2 NC
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From the Special Forces Assoc. (SFA) website...
Shue, SPC Donald Monroe RT Maryland, MACV-SOG, CCN
Kannapolis, NC- SPC Donald Monroe Shue, age 20, died in battle during the Vietnam Conflict on November 3, 1969.
He was born August 29, 1949 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Wesley Monroe Shue and Nellie Mae Lefler Shue. He attended A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC.
Donald entered the U.S. Army in 1967 where he served one tour of duty until his untimely death. His family fondly remembers his friendly ways, always loving to smile, and the vast number of friends he easily made throughout his short life.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a sister, Helen B. Blackwelder and a brother, Billy James Shue who died of diphtheria at age 10.
His sister, Peggy S. Hinson reflected on the following comments about him. “Donnie would always come to us for money always smiling with his hand out – Now who come ever turn that down?? If I could only do that again. The first thing I thought about when they told us they found Donnie’s remains was: The ‘Lord’ told us that ‘He’ would bring him home – not our time, but in ‘His’ time. God didn’t say he would be alive or dead --- But this ‘word of knowledge’ was true and did come to pass after 41 years. Praise the Lord for ‘His’ word never fails!!! And with Donnie’s Daddy, Mama, Billy, and Helen looking down at all of us at this memorial in honor of their son and brother. Also in honor of ‘the Green Beret’s, the MAC V SOG, and all our veterans that paid a huge price for our freedom.”
A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Whitley’s Funeral Home Main Chapel, 1748 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis, NC officiated by a U.S. Army Chaplain. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis, NC with full military honors provided by the U.S. Army. His body will lie in state from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Whitley’s Funeral Home and on Sunday, May 1, 2011 until the time of the service.
Survivors include his three sisters, Betty S. Jones and Peggy S. Hinson, both of Kannapolis, NC and Nancy S. Hinson of Monroe, NC; and two nephews, Micky B. Jones and Harold H. Hinson.
Memorials may be made to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, P.O. Box 13483, Tampa, Florida 33681-3483 OR the Rolling Thunder, Inc., Chapter 2 NC or the Patriot Guard at the following address, P.O. Box 7171, Statesville, NC 28687.
On-line condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com.
RIP
Kannapolis, NC- SPC Donald Monroe Shue, age 20, died in battle during the Vietnam Conflict on November 3, 1969.
He was born August 29, 1949 in Cabarrus County, NC, the son of the late Wesley Monroe Shue and Nellie Mae Lefler Shue. He attended A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, NC.
Donald entered the U.S. Army in 1967 where he served one tour of duty until his untimely death. His family fondly remembers his friendly ways, always loving to smile, and the vast number of friends he easily made throughout his short life.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by a sister, Helen B. Blackwelder and a brother, Billy James Shue who died of diphtheria at age 10.
His sister, Peggy S. Hinson reflected on the following comments about him. “Donnie would always come to us for money always smiling with his hand out – Now who come ever turn that down?? If I could only do that again. The first thing I thought about when they told us they found Donnie’s remains was: The ‘Lord’ told us that ‘He’ would bring him home – not our time, but in ‘His’ time. God didn’t say he would be alive or dead --- But this ‘word of knowledge’ was true and did come to pass after 41 years. Praise the Lord for ‘His’ word never fails!!! And with Donnie’s Daddy, Mama, Billy, and Helen looking down at all of us at this memorial in honor of their son and brother. Also in honor of ‘the Green Beret’s, the MAC V SOG, and all our veterans that paid a huge price for our freedom.”
A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Whitley’s Funeral Home Main Chapel, 1748 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis, NC officiated by a U.S. Army Chaplain. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis, NC with full military honors provided by the U.S. Army. His body will lie in state from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Whitley’s Funeral Home and on Sunday, May 1, 2011 until the time of the service.
Survivors include his three sisters, Betty S. Jones and Peggy S. Hinson, both of Kannapolis, NC and Nancy S. Hinson of Monroe, NC; and two nephews, Micky B. Jones and Harold H. Hinson.
Memorials may be made to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, P.O. Box 13483, Tampa, Florida 33681-3483 OR the Rolling Thunder, Inc., Chapter 2 NC or the Patriot Guard at the following address, P.O. Box 7171, Statesville, NC 28687.
On-line condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com.
RIP
