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Since I wrote my post on “A Brief History of Bastards” the letters have been pouring in with readers telling me about their own bastard stories. Well we haven’t been sitting idle here at the Drug News and Health Safety Blog either. In fact, one of us has been asking the question, has anyone seen this soldier?
South Vietnam, 1968
The baby actually works now for the Drug Safety and Health News Blog in the Research Department. Betcha never thought she’d get out of that cesspool, didya soldier? Here she is again.
Someday I'm gonna work for "Drug Safety" blog!
Anyhoo, being the kinda guy I am, I applied my finely honed abilities fresh from finding 42 aunts, uncles and cousins related to me through my mother who was adopted at birth, and tried tracking down the sheepish looking man in the picture. She couldn’t remember his name at first and said it was “Darryl S.” So I found a wife of a Darryl S. in Indiana last year who was working at some kind of fundamentalist church. Bad sign. Anyhoo I sent her an email.
ME: Hi, I am doing some family research for a friend of mine. Was your husband living in Ohio in 1968? (He he, a little deceptive, noo?)
WIFE OF DARRYL: No, Why do you ask?
ME: Actually, I am looking for someone for someone who was a soldier in Vietnam in 1968. My friend thinks she might be related to him.
I didn’t hear back from her for a while. When I recontacted her she basically said that he wasn’t the one, and thanks alot for screwing up their marriage by making her have doubts about him and possible babies outside of their marriage. I thought they were supposed to be good Christians?
The next time I got on the track it was with the accurate name, Dale S. I found about 12 Dale S. in the US. Baptist preacher from Arkansas? Too young. Professor from Canada? Also too young. Jewish musician from LA? I emailed him and he was not the one.
There was one in North Dakota who was in the right age range. Again, the wife was easier to find cuz her email was on the internet, but she didn’t respond, so I gave her a call.
ME: I am looking for someone who was a soldier in Vietnam in 1968. This friend of mine thinks she might be related to him.
WIFE OF DALE S: Well he was in Vietnam but that couldn’t be him, because I was dating him and he isn’t that kind of a guy.
I didn’t hear from her, and a week later I emailed her the picture above, following which I got an immediate response of relief that that man was not HER Dale S.
Anyhoo I had one more on the list…
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wow, someone told me I’ve got “balls” today and I gotta say, and much more accurately in this case, you’ve got them too!
good for you!
LOL! You are stirrin’ up some trouble, Dr. B.
How many guys named Dale S. are there in the US? About 26,000?
Perhaps facial recognition software would be a better bet.
That sure is a cute little girl, though, and the father looks like a nice guy. I hope she finds the answers she’s looking for.
Full last name withheld to create less of a brew haha as need. Kinda like Anna O.
Until I read that last comment, I was scratching my head.
The last name of an American soldier is generally on the uniform located on the soldier’s right chest so should be visible in a high resolution scan of the photo or on the photo itself, which it seems you have. I opened the posted photo in PhotoShop and think I see the -my of Army, but not the last name, ha ha!
I was intrigued by the uniform, thinking that might be a clue and finally found it here (see 3rd pattern):
http://david.brubakers.us/Vietnam/index.html
I am eagerly awaiting the answer to the mystery which it seems you already have! WONDERFUL!
I think you should add “Detective” to your credentials of Doctor!! You seem to be more capable than most detectives!! Good job Doug!! I am quite sure you will find him, if you haven’t already!! I’m curious about how this pans out!
Duh. Silly me. I should have understood why you used an initial for the last name.
That’s what I get for reading your blog first thin in the morning!
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