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Brandon Meyer 20, died Monday (1/28/08) while serving his country in Mosul, Iraq. Brandon was born on February 3, 1987 in Beatrice, Neb. to Terry and Eugenia Martinusen Meyer. He grew up in St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from Canyon High School in 2005 where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He attended Concordia University in Irvine, Calif. before entering the U.S. Army in January 2007. He graduated from Ft. Benning, Ga. and was later stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo. where he received a special honor in Infantry. He was promoted posthumously to Specialist.
Survivors: wife, Caitlin Meyer, Orange, Calif.; parents, Terry and Genia Meyer, Canyon, Texas; sister, Desiree Meyer, San Marcos, Texas; grandparents, Norbert and Tena Meyer, Beatrice; grandfather, Retired Master Sgt. Eugene Martinusen, Belleville, Ill.; great-grandmother, Rose Smith, Houston, Texas; other family, Tom and Elaine Rouse, and children, Amber, Beth, Alex, and Ryan; Leo and Donna Martinusen, and children, Jonathon and Tina; Rick and Lisa Meyer, and children, Abby and Johnathon; Christina Martinusen.
Services: 10 a.m. Monday (2/11/08) at St. John's Lutheran Church, Orange, Calif. with his father, Rev. Terry Meyer officiating. A memorial service will also be held on Wednesday (2/13/08) at Ft. Carson, Colorado. Burial: Pacific View Memorial Park, Orange, Calif. Memorials may be given to Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, Attn: Advancement Office, St. Louis, MO, 63105-3196, designated for Specialist Brandon A. Meyer Student Aid Fund. Arrangements by Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary, Corona Del Mar, Calif.

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Published by Lincoln Journal Star on Feb. 6, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Brandon Meyer

172 Entries

Charlie Gili

October 31, 2018

Hello,
We realize that we are very late to express our deepest condolences, but we wanted to let your family and friends know that we will be sending Care Packages to deployed troops this holiday season and several of these will be dedicated to your loved one. Each package will carry the name, photo and hometown of Brandon A. Meyer US Army Private 1st Class.

We realize that this is a small tribute, but we do this with all respect and sincerity and we want you to know that it is made possible by thousands of like-minded individuals from across the American youth hockey community, their families and friends and others who support our mission.

We will not forget. May God Bless you and keep you safe and strong.

Sincerely,
Charlie Gili & Family
On Behalf of our US Hockey Players Support Our Troops Campaign

Genia Meyer

March 9, 2017

Dearest Brandon,

I will never let the world forget what an amazing man you were. We are crushed with sadness. We miss you more every day. While we are more functional than in the past our grief will never be gone. As Valeda says, each day is one day closer to our reunion. I love you forever.

Mom

March 21, 2015

I just saw the Judge Pirro show about your son Brandon. I am sorry for your loss and the pain and suffering you had to endure during the burial process. We are a military family too. Offering up prayers for you and your family and thank you to your son for serving our country.

October 11, 2013

Mourning is such a lonely, terrible thing. While we need someone, the only one that we truly need is gone. That's the problem with grief. Sometimes we need to talk about it, but the only people who can wholly relate can't take anyone else's grief, theirs is already too much to carry.

And so we go on with the knowledge that it'll get better in a day or two, for a week or a month or even just an hour. I like to imagine that I am a little kid trying to assemble my building blocks into the perfect house, and right before I get the last piece, I instinctively lash out and destroy it. That's the nature of death and sadness and guilt. I know I'll start over on the house, and that I'll almost finish it, and somehow end up smashing it, only to start over again and again and never finish. Something about my blocks is fundamentally destroyed now. One piece is always missing.

I wonder what you would have come home like, my missing block. Would you have PTSD? Would you have seen too much, felt too much, hurt too much? Would you break our hearts with your stories and put them together again with your laugh? Would we still make you laugh? A lot of people stop me right here to remind me that this is my chance to move forward and stop living in the what-ifs of life and death. There's the old, "You have to live in his honor now," and "Live your life to the fullest, he would have wanted you to!"

But it's much safer and easier and attainable to live in the what-ifs, to imagine that there was a reason for you dying. But it's hard to explain this to people. How do you politely tell people that you understand that no matter what, you will keep waking up in the morning, you will laugh with your friends, you will joke around, you will still have good times, but at the end of the day you are missing a part of yourself. "Yes, yes," I'd explain, "I realize that I have two hands, and two feet, and a boyfriend who loves me and a dog who is basically the love of my life, but you see, I'm still alive and he is dead." That's really the crux of the issue. It doesn't matter if I complete my little bucket list this month, it doesn't matter if I get my dream job tomorrow, because when I go to sleep I will know that those things were possible because I am alive, while you are not.

I want my broseph back, my missing block. Because I have two choices, and I can't do either of them: move on, or finish this house.

And no, that new dessert recipe block won't help. That date night block won't fix it. No amount of shiny, pretty new blocks will finish your house. What a daunting realization to have when you want to have a life that is filled with love and light and happiness, good friends, family, a happy home to come back to.

I just want that last piece now.

I want you to tell me how much I'm doing right or doing wrong.

When I tell Adam about you, I always smile a little because I remember when I was just a little freshman telling you about my high school crush, and all you could you say was, "God, Des. Do you know how many germs you'll get from KISSING him?!" I wish you could meet him now. He reminds me of you and Dad and so many great men who I have the distinct honor of meeting. His mother lost her brother, too, and I wonder if she still hurts, too. I know she must.

I hope I live every day of my somehow extraordinary existence in your honor. I hope that I can spend my days with my friends, with Adam, with Tala, with Mom and Dad, and Brad, and you, very dear in my heart. I love all of you so much. You are what get me through nights like tonight.

But most of all you, Brandon. You are everything I hope to be in my life. My rock, and the strength that I didn't know I had, and the reason I can wake up in the morning and know that I'll have the will to get through it.

You are my strength and my weakness. I still don't understand why you left. There was no good that came from it. We all lost ourselves in the grief and isolation. You're just gone. And I ask God every single night why that is. I wish I knew.

But I don't, and I probably never will.

I love you, Broseph. Always. I hope I see you in my dreams one of these days, it's been so long. Lets talk about Adam and art and Mom and Dad again.

It's what I need right now.

I love you. Always will.

Genia Meyer

August 8, 2013

Broseph, I hope this reaches you. Thank you for remembering Brandon. For loving him so much. I have only had two dreams with him in them. I hear his laugh in his sisters laugh. She is so much like him. I will try to upload a video to my Facebook from when he was a kid. It's classic Brandon and will make you laugh like he always did. I can't wait to give him a huge hug. The John Murphy music is hauntingly beautiful. Music can often say what words can not. There is so much more I would like to tell you if you are up to visiting please email or call.

August 7, 2013

Listened to John Murphy's 'Surface of the Sun' today and everytime I hear that song or see that film, I just realize that there are very few things I know to be absolutely true in this life, but I know that I will see you again. Sometimes I wish that it would happen sooner rather than later, sometimes I hope that I see you in a dream or in the face of a stranger. Sometimes I wish that I had died in your place. Other times I just don't feel much of anything except sadness. Miss you, broseph. You should have never left.

Peggy Childers

January 29, 2013

To the family and friends of Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer:
It has truly been my honor to sign Brandon's guest book these past few years. Unfortunately, due to complications from my Multiple Sclerosis, this may be the last message I'm able to write. Please forgive me and know that Brandon will always be remembered in my home.
With love and respect ~ Peggy

Missy Quigg

January 28, 2013

Wow, 5 years have passed, that doesn't seen possible. I think of you often and you would be so proud of your folks. They have continued to help others deal with their grief and speak the truth of our Lord. We are proud of you... They put up a beautiful Memorial for you at chruch... Beautiful!

January 27, 2013

Son,
No expanse of space or time has either the power or patience to remove the lonliness of losing you. The Psalmist has written, "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the city gate." Psalm 127
I guess we went for quality, not quantity. You and Des continue to inspire me. I have been richly rewarded. Questions remain.
Though painful, I guess, I wrote these words that help explain where I am, or am not, five years later. This is what happens to my head every time I hear them play taps on the television and display the names of those soldiers who have fallen with you as we continue to fight the enemy at the gate:
The bugle sounds - it's short, but lonely...
Another day of thoughts haunt me only.
Tears cannot leave an empty place...When will it end; this stagnant race?
I cannot miss you any amount more; don't care who or what may lie in store....
I've fought back the rage; now who turns the next page?
I hope everyday when I stare at the sky, that this is the day we shall speak eye to eye.
Until, my son, I share that with you, I shall always to your mom and your sis remain true.
And now as I send these words off to you,
we love you and miss you and Koda does too!
Love, forever...Dad

Crystal Tirre

September 11, 2012

hey b,
i know its been quite a while since ive posted anything on here...with the tragic anniversary of september 11th around everyone today, i can't help feel sad that i lost such a wonderful friend because of all the hate in this world. I know that you wanted to make a difference esspecially after all that was taken from america that somber day, but i can't help but feel upset. I wish i could take it all back. I wish that there would be some way to take back that aweful day...you would be with your mom, dad, and dez right now, and so many others wouldn't be shedding tears for the ones they lost. i still wonder how all this "history" is supposed to make us feel better. i don't. plain and simple. I wish i could talk to you in person and joke like we used to...i miss you everyday and never stop thinking about the amazing man you became. i love you! i hope you are still up there smiling down on all those you left behind and that we all get to meet again someday....but here lately that doesn't seem to bring me any comfort...i still pray that your mom, dad, and dez will all find peace someday...i hope you are taking care of them also. i know they miss your smile as do i. i love you old friend & hope that someday comes sooner rather than later. . . .forever in my thoughts, and always in my heart! xoxoxo

Missy Quigg

August 22, 2012

You are missed! Brett reminds me of you some... he likes to make others laugh... and he loves his fish tanks! Rest now in the arms of our Lord.

Judy d'Albert

May 29, 2012

Genia, Terry and Desi,
Today, I stopped by Brandon's beautiful memorial plaque high on the hill at Pacific View Memorial Park under blue skies - a perfect early summer day with a view all the way to Catalina- just such a day when Brandon would have been catching some waves, for sure.

There were flowers in the special vase and flags no doubt placed by your friend. I was reminded of the bouquet I placed with Brandon's photo in 2010 and it is still in your slideshow. I wonder if Iris ever was able to deliver the new vases to you and Desi when she moved to Texas?

There were so many flowers, as well as small flags fluttering bravely on every Veteran's grave, on the hillsides and especially round the Armed Forces Memorial at the entrance where the American Legion ceremony was held yesterday. Truly a spiritual and peaceful place.

Brandon is in the good company of heroes.

I was manning the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial table at Irvine City program in Bill Barber Park in the morning and, of course, was helping out at the NGHM in the afternoon. There is a short video aired by KTLA ch 5 News on the memorial website .

Now word is spreading that this is the ONLY memorial in the Nation honoring by name and age the Fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan, more and more grieving families are finding this to be a safe haven where they can come and be embraced by strangers who become supportive friends at ceremonies like yesterdays or they can come when it is quiet and spend time with their loved one on this hallowed ground .

Leslie, Wanda and I send love and best wishes and remember that lovely lunch we shared with you and your sister at Sherman Gardens before you went up to Pacific View.

If you are ever visiting Brandon, don't be strangers! We will do a reprise!

Judy
(I seem to have lost your e-mail if you could send it to me.)

Crystal Tirre

April 20, 2012

hey b,
i was on my way home from work yesterday and a song came on the radio, that made me think of you! i remember a summer trip we took drivin around in your old bronco & singing along with the radio. Those were some fun times! love you!

Maurisa

February 23, 2012

Brandon~

You have the best family ever. I truly thank God for you.

Crystal Tirre

November 25, 2011

Hey b,
Happy Thanksgiving buddy. love you and miss you! I know you're in a much happier place and am looking forward to the day where we will be together again! Tell my gpa hi for me! Im still praying for your family and will always do so, until the day they are reunited with ya. Thinking and remembering you always!

Matthew Ruggieri

November 20, 2011

It's been sometime now since you passed, but to all of us that knew you, your family most notably, it might as well have been yesterday. You are not forgotten by your brothers in arms. Rest easy for you are in a hallowed place. The place where you can live on as a Violator and one the brave War Machine who sacrificed everything for the greater good. R.I.P.

November 20, 2011

To Genia and her husband we would like to tell you that we appreciate the sacrafice your son made for our country. We are honored to have met you at the J4J Rally in September. God Bless You and Your Family
Richard and Sonya Wilder

Jon Sill

November 20, 2011

Thank You Brandon, for your service to this wonderful country. I met your mother at the first annual Journey4Justice rally where she told her story of losing a beautiful son in the war on terrorism. I salute you. You make your mother proud. Rest in Peace

Genia Meyer

October 6, 2011

Hey Bud, I hope you are proud of all of the things dad & I are doing for you here. The Challenge Coin dad designed is beautiful. I let WBC know I am proud of you and proud of your buddy's for all you did. Your army buddy's really miss you. Dad is planning a special trip to share with them. We all love and miss you more than words can say. XOXO Love, mom

Brandon's Challenge Coin

Terry Meyer

October 6, 2011

My visit to WBC, Topeka, KS

Genia Meyer

October 6, 2011

Janie Phillips

July 3, 2011

God Bless America also Dear Lord protect all of our military who are in harm's way. Lord put your loving arms around all of the Mothers & Fathers, siblings, Aunts, Uncles,Cousins, Friends who have lost a loved one. Lord please ease the heartache and grant them peace.

dad

July 2, 2011

To the Free,
You walk and travel as far as your heart desires. Only money can hinder your ability to travel the world. You can say what you want, when you want. You can be as ambitious or lazy as you desire. You can hate or love if you choose. You can believe in God or you can choose to believe in nothing. You are free. But more importantly, you are loved by men and women whom you have never met. So loved, in fact, that they took an oath to defend you at all costs. Many of them have sealed that oath with their blood. They are American Heroes. Take a moment, look in the eyes of a soldier, hug them and tell them that you love them too. In so doing you fulfill a small act of love that I as a Gold Star father will never be allowed to share with my Hero, my son, Brandon. And know that we, as citizens of The United States of America, stand tall on God's acre because He has blessed us with mothers and fathers who took Him at His Word, and has even more blessed us with sons and daughters who awe us by the ways in which they live it out with courage and strength. To a Nation at war, my son's brothers in arms, to Genia, Des, and all of our friends - a blessed Independence Day.
Brandon - I love you. I long for the day I can say it to you and hug you forever. To you a cigar and a day of remembrance more than well-earned. Love dad

June 19, 2011

Today is Father's Day. To say that I am a proud father is an under-statement. You and Des have been so much more than I ever could have imagined. I want to knock down a nice Ghurka together. I like smoking those cigars alone-makes me think back to the times we shared that, and I always think of you being right there with me. I miss you so much. I thank you for all of your struggles throughout your short life in which you made some very courageous decisions for yourself and for others. You will always be my one and only special son. Until we meet again. Love Dad

April 25, 2011

Hey Buddy,
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
What an experience you must be having. Being able to know the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit without the veil of sin. I miss you, i'm not going to lie. Every day is the same. Every day begins and ends the same way. I find myself staring off into the city and wondering how it all went down the way it did. I just can't get it all out of my mind. I want Jesus Christ to return and judge the world, destroy sin and death forever, and allow us to be together again. No else really matters. Just one more smooth spiral fitting perfectly into my arms on a cool summer night. What a son you are. Mom and Des miss you too. And Koda, and Sophie, and everyone else. Well, you know where I am and what I am doing. Know you celebrated the Lord's Supper with me on Thursday and mom and Des on Sunday. That is so special. Bet you sing great, and smile more than you did in jr. choir! I love you. Watch over me and pray with all the saints. Love with all my heart. Dad

Crystal Tirre

April 23, 2011

hey b,
it has been to long since i have written. I know you hear my prayers and that i think of you often. I can't help but feel empty when spring begins..it reminds me of the times we would talk longing for the summer mission trips we would venture out on together. Those were the good ol days...You taught me so much and gave me memories and moments that will live on forever. I wish you were still here....I miss you so much and still find it hard to believe that you're not here anymore...I continue to pray for your mom and dad, and as always dez. I hope they will one day find peace....or at least feel comfort. Easter is tomorrow and i cant help but think of our Savior Jesus Christ. He gave his life for us so that we would be free of sin, and how you gave your life for our freedom. I know God was always working through you and i know he still does. You have touched so many people. I love you so much and wish i could tell you that face to face. I know ill be able to one day but until then rest in peace my dear friend and know that you are always in my heart.
Missing you always;

Genia Meyer

March 20, 2011

I love you Bud! Des will be graduating soon. We are getting her something special from you. Can't wait to hug you again! Love always, the proudest mom in the world

dad

February 3, 2011

Son,
Today would have been your 24th birthday. I am going to get special cupcakes today for me and mom in your honor. I think back of all the special parties mom created for you and Des. Its sad to have to long for those days all over again, knowing they are never going to be here. It seems every day is the same. We continue to miss you and the emotions are as intense and real as they were three years ago. I can't even describe the empty hollow feeling of existence. Desiree and mom have been so wonderful through it all, but I know they hurt too. I long for the resurrection of all flesh, and I hope every day is the last day before the judgment of God on this fallen world. I love you. You are a true American hero. Erik and your buddies will never forget you. They are fantastic to say the very least. I will write again soon. Tell Jesus to speed things up, please. And visit me in my dreams, please. Just one word would satisfy my soul. I love you buddy. Dad

Peggy Childers

January 28, 2011

To the family and friends of Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer:
Please accept my remembrance of Brandon on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Brandi Yanez

January 4, 2011

To Brandon's family and friends...
This is Joshua's sister Brandi, I always think about you all and wonder how you have been doing. I wonder if the sadness is still as apperant in your life as it is in mine...I hope someday we can all have a meet up. We are strangers that have shared a legacy. Thinking of you all
Brandi
PFC Joshua A.R Young's Sister

Vickie Demler

December 8, 2010

Thank you ---for protecting us--and Bless you and your Family -for your sacrifice... Father -give his family the strength and understanding that it is all for a reason...Amen

The greatest kids ever!

Genia Meyer

November 4, 2010

Dearest Brandon,
The last time we were in church together I cried like it was the last time I would ever be in church with you. It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2007. I was crying so hard you scooted by me and said "be strong mom". I miss you that much still. I am going to put my Army Mom sweatshirt on and walk until I drop. Des is doing great in school. She misses you as much as Dad and me. And by the way your dog is not lazy and I spoil her all of the time. She has irrigated the yard though. Love, Mom

Brandon & Trevor

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Brandon & Freddie

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Our last family photo, for now.

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Brandon & Dad

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Mom & Brandon

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Desiree & Brandon

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Brandon & Desiree

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

I Love you Brandon!

Genia Meyer

October 14, 2010

Dad

September 26, 2010

Son,
Gold Star Mothers Day-observed. Mom would do anything to turn back time. So would all of us. We have met wonderful people lately who have re-enforced our gratitude for your fearless service. Two years and eight months. Time doesn't fill the void. My mind feels confused and I still don't properly filter it all through. Never will, I suppose. I just want to call or hear you answer me when I walk around upstairs calling your name. I sense you can hear me. Mom hurts and always will. Desiree does too but she is as determined in her life as you were. Never could tell either one of you anything. Cannot express how much I wish I had just one minute to tell you everything. Today we honor mom and you. Thank you Brandon-our true American Hero. Your dog, by the way, is lazy. Just saying. Love. Dad.

Kristina Martinusen

July 7, 2010

Brandon,
I really don't know what 2 write here. All I know is that I do miss u & regret not getting to know you better when we were kids. I am so proud of you. I think about alot. I have a tattoo in memory of you. I want to be ther for ur mom & dad & Desiree but I don't know how. I love them so much. I just don't know what to say. I know they miss you alot. Your dog is so cute. I wish you were gonna b here for my wedding next year. I am getting married to this really great guy. I think you would have liked him. Well, I better go. I will write to you again real soon. Love you & Miss you 4-ever. Love Always,
Aunt Kristina

Crystal Tirre

July 2, 2010

hey b,
its nearing the 4th of July and with everyone putting out their american flags i hope they remember why we have this day. Its about freedom...and what is the source of that? soldiers. You among many before you, have enlisted in our united states military and without the sacrifices that you and so many others have given and still continue to give; this day wouldn't be possible. So heres to you, my fallen hero, brother in christ, and dear friend. Thank you for all that you did to make us "free". Missing and loving you always!

Sunny Memorial Day 2010 - Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, CA. Wanda, Leslie and Judy honor Brandon's service and sacrifice .

Judy d'Albert

May 29, 2010

Crystal's memorial bracelet for brandon in a photography picture

Crystal Tirre

May 23, 2010

Crystal Tirre

May 22, 2010

hey b
i hope you're doing great in heaven. We're all getting by day by day, although still wishing you were here with us...I know its been a while. Tim and i were going through some stuff the other day and i found a bunch of pictures of when you came up to St. Louis with your mom and dez. Jeanette, Heather, and i all met you guys at the zoo. those were some good times. Your goofy in a lot of them and i miss that most about you. Your sense of humor. I can't lie, but looking at all of those pictures reminded me of an easier time in life while we were all still kids filled with nothing but hopes and dreams, unaware at what life still had to bring us. I trembled at that thought too. you have touched so many lives and we are still thinking about you every day. I love you bud and miss you like crazy. You knew you were always the one who made me cry by leaving. You'd think i would be used to that by now, but not a day goes by that i don't think about those times. I know we will meet again some day and i hope that when that day comes we'll be as happy as we were that day at the zoo. Keep watching over us, and we'll keep praying and thinking of you too.
Your friend forever and loving you always;
Crystal

Wanda

April 22, 2010

Rest easy, Brandon, we will carry on and never forget your bravery.

A California Friend

April 21, 2010

Brandon, Terry, Genia and Desi,
Your picture is featured on the St. Louis remembrance section today. You were one handsome young man who now keeps Jesus busy with your antics in Heaven. Your mom and dad received an afghan made with love in memory of you, red, white, blue and made with tons of love. I have goofy pictures of you in first grade as well as with our children. We speak of you often and thank you for joining with my brother LaVern and so many others to provide freedom for all of us.
Thanks cutie!!! Love you forever!
Please tell Dave hi for us.
Valeda, Micah, Katie and Joshua Woehr
Part of your dad's cast of thousands relatives. Many people pray for your family daily.

February 3, 2010

Hey Bud,
You are suppose to say "Hey Mom" back. I miss you. In your whole life I don't think I ever bought you flowers. Now you get flowers every holiday. Happy 23rd Birthday! You got a big bouquet of white flowers from me and two more arrangements from people who love you because you died for them. We all miss you and can not wait to see you again. So we always say "Amen. Come Lord Jesus, and come quickly!"
I love you!!!
Mom
Proud mother of Spc. Brandon Abbott Meyer.
KIA 1-28-08 Mosul, Iraq

Teresa Wilde

January 28, 2010

Brandon,

I am thinking of you today. I'll always remember. Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice, your love of God and country! I miss you.

Love Teresa

Peggy Childers

January 28, 2010

To the family and friends of Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer:
Remembering Brandon on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Crystal Tirre

January 22, 2010

Hey b,
It's coming close again to that depressing date of January 28th when you left this earth for a much better place. It's been two years now, and it feels as though it just happened. My heart still breaks when i think of what happened to you and how you left this world. My heart still breaks and longs for your parents and dez too. I know it's been hardest on them. For them i wish you were still here...
Tim gave me the neatest present for christmas in memory of you. It was a personalized window sticker for our car in your loving memory. So now you and Riley are recognized to all. We have a lot of people that will wave to show their sympathy, but all the waves in the world couldn't bring you back. But i am thankful that you are touching lives even though you are no longer here. I love you bud! I think of you every day and can't wait to see you again some day! If i can't get to a computer before then, Have a wonderful and happy 23rd Birthday bud! Love you so much and thank you again for laying down your life so that the rest of us could be free! For that you are a true American Hero!
Loving you always~

Brock Schmidt

January 14, 2010

brandon
you were my inspiration when i was a kid i always looked up to you and i thought it was the coolest that you joined the army. i remember playing football with pastor and you and some other kids at octoberfest at our church i will never forget that your the greatest and you have my upmost respect forever and always. im now in the army and in korea away from my wife and i just hope i can be the soldier that strives for everything with all i got like you did with much love and respect.

pv2 Schmidt, Brock E.
thank you i love you Meyer family you have all changed my life God Bless

November 13, 2009

We just wanted to say that we are thinking of all of you and praying for you always. We honored Brandon and told his story during a Veteran's Day celebration on Wednesday. What a wonderful young man he was. We were so blessed to have been a part of his life. Although we are just terrible about keeping in touch, we think of you often and keep all of you close in our hearts. God Bless!
Joe and Laurie Clarkson

November 12, 2009

Brandon,
Yesterday, Veteran's Day, we had the honor of meeting your parents for the first time. What proud parents they are! And they should be. It takes a real special person to volunteer to do the job you voluntered for. We thank you for being so brave.

We hope to stay in contact with your family, as we can. You have kept us safe, now it is our turn to stand for you.

Thank you,

Nubbin & Angela Johnston

Crystal Tirre

November 6, 2009

To the meyer family,
I can't imagine how hard all of this is for you and i wish i could take all the pain and hurt away... Through this difficult time i know you must know how many people love and support you. Even though you may not here from friends or family every second of every day doesn't mean that you are not thought about. Vic, Genia, and Dez you are thought about and prayed for by many. i know i havn't talked to you in a while and i understand. We all need our time to remember brandon in our own way. Just know that i hope you get every wish and dream you desire and have every prayer answered that the lord hear's. I love you all very much and i hope that over time your heart hurts less...i know that pain will never go away completely but i do pray that the lord answers my prayers of comfort for all three of you!
thinking and praying for you always:
Crystal Tirre

Desiree Meyer

September 5, 2009

A sibling is supposed to lose a sibling. That's natural. But I lost you in a way that is not natural. And unfair. I'm happy that you're not in pain, because I love you, and you're my friend. And Dad's my friend, too, so this is to him. I like to be alone, too. Being with people is very automatic now. I laugh when people laugh, and I respond the way they want to be responded to. But I'm much more interested in doing things alone. I don't have a spouse or a child, I don't know what it's like to hurt and have to hurt for the people I cling to. People think that being alone equals being depressed/ reclusive/ odd, but I think that the time I spend thinking about Brandon's death and death in this world means that I value my life so much more than most people. I've seen Brandon twice in my dreams now. I've prayed that you and Mom would see him, too, but if you don't, just know that maybe that's not a bad thing. Waking up after having the dream is a terrible moment. It seems like he's still here and then you realize he's not. And all you really do is curl up under the sheets and cry. And maybe you do that in the mornings when you wake up, even if you don't have the dream. I hope you don't. And I also hope that even though you miss Brandon and want to see him in Heaven, never forget the beauty of this world, and the happiness that's in it. Even when there are people who just want to see it burn. Mom and Dad, in the same way as Brandon, I love you, and I don't want you to hurt, because you're my best friends.
-Desiree Suzanne Meyer

Charles H. Miranda

August 20, 2009

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Follow The Rainbow To Heaven.
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A Soldier had die out on the
battlefield;

Broken hearts are weeping For
Them,

But take comfort of knowing
that God had sent Them a
rainbow from heaven;

The Souls of the Soldiers
have gone to there home
in heaven,

Our Loved One's has follow
God's lovely rainbow in the
sky;

All the way to the end of the
sky.

That leads all the way to the
other end of the Lord's
house in heaven,

So just keep on praying and
trust that God will send us
that same rainbow in the sky;

Where Our Loved One's are
waiting For You and For Me at
the end of the rainbow in
heaven.

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Do A Web Search On:
Charles H. Miranda -- Or.
charlesthepoet2003
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Dad

August 7, 2009

Son,
I know you used to mock me (lovingly, of course)whenever I called you that, but it is a tender term that I think is fitting for the way I feel much of the time. You are my true hero, but you will always also be that little boy sitting in your daddy's glove. I wish I could have kept you there - safe and sheltered. But you would have objected. You were gifted with your mother's sense of adventure and zest for life. Time keeps passing by like the people and the purposes that suffocate them. The world is so insignificant and so deeply beautiful at the same time. I feel so empty and yet I see nothing but hope and living in Desiree's eyes. Your "mom" hurts and she cries when she thinks I can't hear her. I don't know what to say. She misses you each and every day. And she has been fighting for you, Buddy, much more tenaciously than I have. You know how she is. I just want to be alone. I want to dream and have you visit me. I want you to burn me one more fastball; throw one more long spiral; share one more laugh as we watch Koda and Sophie wrestle around; one more cigar; just five minutes alone to say all of the things I will never get to say. How can I simply say I miss you when I feel as if a large part of me has been ripped out of me. I'm not the same. I can't be. I try, and for the most part I have people fooled. I can function and get through the day, but I don't really want to. I am babbling a bit. I don't want it to be a pity party. I worry about mom and Desiree. I want them to be stable and healthy. Our friends have been outstanding. I haven't been able to thank everyone for everything. I hope they understand. I just don't like talking to people. I just want to dream. I want God to bless me with a dream so that you can give me that smirk because you know how rockin' awesome heaven is. Protect Bob and Rose, Joy and Zenova, and tell Don Martin I cannot wait to see him again. He is the reason I went to the Seminary. It's getting late and this is geting long...I will write again tomorrow. I love you. We all miss you, Buddy.

High School Graduation

July 28, 2009

Brandon & Koda

July 23, 2009

Crystal Tirre

April 12, 2009

Hey b,
Heard a song on the radio the other day that reminded me of you! My really good friend Tyler is getting ready to go over to Iraq soon, and it scares me to think of what is still going on over there. Especially after loosing you. Please be with him. Let him have the same selfless courage you had. I miss you sweetie and am still thankful everyday for you and what you did for everyone still here on earth. I know that i will see you again one day and that seems to bring me comfort. Happy Easter my friend! Enjoy your wonderful day with the one who made it all happen, our lord and savior jesus Christ. Love ya bunches and ill write soon!
remembering you always!

Brent Key

March 1, 2009

It seems such a short time since you were around us. Your smile and easygoing nature were hard not to like! I am proud of the man you were and the path you chose to take. Your life is a true testament to your faith, your family, and your character! We miss you but know we will see you again soon! Thank You Brandon!

edna clubbs

February 18, 2009

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

barbie dickinson

February 17, 2009

Just wanted to say that Shawn is in Baghdad. We were talking about Brandon and know that it's been a hard year. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Janie Phillips

February 4, 2009

I am so sorry for all of the heartache that you all have been through this past year. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers. I can just see Brandon and Rose having a great time together waiting for us all to come up and see them. Take care. Love, Janie and Dee

Happy Birthday

Michael Iezzi

February 3, 2009

Brandon,
Happy Birthday in Heaven. May God hold you in the palm of His hand. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Safely Home

Michael Iezzi

January 29, 2009

Brandon,
Thinking and praying for you on the 1st anniversary of your passing into eternal glory. May God hold you in the palm of His hand. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends", John 15:13.

In Memory of Brandon ~ (Debra Estep)

January 28, 2009

Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.

The Wind on The Downs

“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you laughing as you used to do,
Yet loving all the things I think of you;
And knowing you are happy, should I grieve?
You follow and are watchful where I go.”

(Written by Marian Allen during World War l )

Two lines that I wish you to keep near your heart…….

“You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe”

I did not know Brandon, but I am remembering
his service and sacrifice. He is my hero. !

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The Other Side

i'm over on the other side
where life and death softly divide.
left my skin and bones behind
now i'm over on the other side.

can you feel me there with you?
my breath is gone but i'm not through.
loved you then and i still do
from over on the other side.

i can fly. really fly.
below the earth ... all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.

it's good here on the other side.
the sweetest songs...the bluest skies.
thank you for the tears you cried
but it's good here on the other side.

i can fly. really fly. below the earth...all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side

the world is smaller than a needle's eye.
where life and death softly divide.
when you leave your skin and bones behind
i'll be waiting on the other side.

i can fly. really fly. below the earth ... all through the sky.
go tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.

Song lyrics by Don Conoscenti
C Desert Muse/SESAC
www.donconoscenti.com
(Used with permission)

“I hope it brings great comfort to any and all.
Peace on you. DonCon” 4-2008

The Other Side –
(To hear the song)
http://tinyurl.com/3o8gol

Sincerely,

Deb Estep ~ Ohio
Proud Air Force Mom SSgt Vince – Lackland AFB

Remembering The Fallen – Blog
http://tinyurl.com/3z8p55

Angel and soldier drawing I have shared here.
http://tinyurl.com/6gey8b

JoAnn Johnson

January 28, 2009

My deepest sympathy to you and your family today and forever for the ultimate sacrifice these soldiers and their families gave to protect our freedom. They will never be forgotten. My son is in Iraq and was honored to serve so closely with these heroes. God bless and comfort you.

Peggy Childers

January 28, 2009

To the family of Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer:
Brandon gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Alice Marshall

January 27, 2009

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family always, but especially right now. It does bring bring me some comfort to know that my brother was with you and three other brave soldiers in his last moments. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten, and I will be thinking of you and your family, and lifting you up in prayer.

T Starman

January 17, 2009

I offer my deepest condolences for your loss

Crystal Tirre

December 24, 2008

hey b,
I just wanted to stop in and say Merry Christmas buddy! I bet your having the best Christmas of all from where your sitting. I love you bud and miss you. Keep watch over everyone who loves you this holiday season... I know there are a lot of people who miss you and wish you were still here but you're where you're supposed to be. I love you b and pray for your peace and for your family's. Take care for now bud. I'll talk to ya real soon. Merry Christmas B!
thinking of you always and forever!

Kenna Larra

December 3, 2008

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Crystal Tirre

November 26, 2008

Hey B,
well it's hard to believe that your still gone, and you're not coming back. But any time that my mind begins to think about it, I just remind myself that "you're home." The winter holidays are starting, first with thanksgiving and then Christmas. It's hard to imagine those holidays without you. I continue to pray for your parents and des. I know that all this is harder on them than anyone. I know that you won't be here in person for the holidays but in spirit. I hope you are happier than ever! I love ya b, and still miss you like crazy! Sorry it's been so long since the last time i wrote it's been hard to find a computer to write you. But for now and until the next time i write, know that you are very much loved and missed. If you see my grandpa tell him i love him and miss him too.
Tomorrow I will be thankful that i had the privilege to know you, and to have been friends with such an amazing boy and young man. Tomorrow i will be thankful for you and Riley for giving your lives for our freedom and for this wonderful country. If it wasn't for you guys, we wouldn't even be able to have a day to give thanks! For that i am proud. I love you buddy! take care for now.

Happy Thanksgiving B!
missing and thinking of you always!

September 27, 2008

Although I did not know Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer, I Hold him and his family in my heart and prayers. Remember when times get tough, that he is looking down from heaven and smiling at you, and protecting you.
Thank You for serving our country to keep us safe, You are Truely a HERO. May He Rest in Peace with the Lord, and Your hearts heal in time.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13

Proud Wife-to-Be of a Marine in Iraq. Please keep him and all the other Soldiers in your Prayers.
Kim Smith (Rocklin, CA)

Missy Q

September 9, 2008

My memories of you are from when you were small... I will never forget the little boy... who enjoyed cracking jokes my way... Thank you... my friend for pointing us in the way of the light!
~All grown up now!
I am so proud of the man you became!

CARLA MILLEDGE

August 14, 2008

rest in peace young man. another one of my heros. my son was kia 10-05-07. his namae was SGT. Joseph MIlledge. your in the lords army now

Crystal Tirre

August 3, 2008

hey b,
I finally got your pictures downloaded on a disc so i could put them here on your guest book site. The pictures i chose where some of my favorite! There are a couple of when jenny and i came down to visit you guys in texas, and then some from our cool trips to colorado and florida. I'm gonna try and send them in copies to your mom and dad. I miss you a lot buddy, but i thought that maybe if i put some pics on here of you from our past together those who love and miss you now could also share in those memories of how goofy you were growing up. I know it still won't make up for the actual times we spent together but i think i captured a couple of b moments for them to enjoy. I love you bud and miss you more than anyone could know. I'm in florida now on vacation and can't help but look at the beach and remember when we all went down there four summers ago. I'll never look at another wave the same without imaging you riding it with your boogie board. I love you bud and i'll catch a wave for you! take care and i'll talk to you again real soon!
Love you always~

Amazing Grace for the hero that we have lost

August 1, 2008

a circle of prayer for you and your fellow heros who lost their lifes on that gloomy day in january

August 1, 2008

you will never be forgotten

August 1, 2008

do you like my new style? afromania

August 1, 2008

B and Trey, boys will be boys

August 1, 2008

you loved "driving around" in your bronco

August 1, 2008

B and me on the sky sling in florida

August 1, 2008

trying to look cool @ the rockies game in colorado

August 1, 2008

Brandon the big kid @ heart

August 1, 2008

July 8, 2008

Thank you for the sacrifice made by Pfc Meyer and the sacrifice made by everyone who loves and misses him! May God bless all of you!!

July 8, 2008

You are remembered and respected. Thank you Pfc Meyer!

Crystal Tirre

July 5, 2008

Hey B,
I miss you so much! Celebrating the 4th of july means so much more to me now since you have passed. I couldn't help but break down crying yesterday knowing that you are in heaven watching all the fireworks too! You were so selfless in all that you did for our wonderful country and for all those who loved and knew you, who were left behind. I want to say thank you for your sacrifice to keep us free. You were always one who put others first and for that you are an angel. I know you are looking down on us and keeping us safe still. . . You have turned from an angel to a guardian angel without even a blink. I wish i could talk to you and find out how you are. I don't think that i will ever get used to you not being here anymore. I know you're in a much better place than here and for that i am very greatful. I love you bud! Thank you for all that you have done! Know that you were and will always be remembered in our hearts on the 4th of July and every other 364 days in between! Take care for now and know that i love you and think about you every minute of every day! Miss you B and we salute you bud for what you've given us! Happy 4th of July Brandon
love you always~

Suzanne MacDaniel

July 4, 2008

To the Meyer family,

Thinking of all our soldiers today.

...For you every single soldier
Those who served so honorable
Your life was forever altered
While I’m home safe and free
I stand with grateful admiration
I stand respectful and so proud
I know I’m only a civilian
And I don’t even know if it’s allowed.

But I salute you; allow me the honor
to salute you with permission let me say
Even though I hold no rank know that from my heart
My humble gratitude comes from the deepest part.
I salute you.

Suzanne MacDaniel
A Proud Aunt
Sgt. David M.Fisher
KIA 12/1/04

Son, Grandson, Brother, Nephew and American Hero!

Gary Tolle

July 4, 2008

Brandon, I just wanted to say thank you for your brave and honorable service to a grateful nation, a nation in mourning for our fallen hero’s. You like so many other soldiers chose to serve our nation when needed most and with your life you protected the very core of what America stands for. My nephew PFC Aaron J. Ward also made that sacrifice on 5/6/2008 when he was killed in action in Iraq. As I mourn for my nephew I mourn for you and so many other brave soldiers, please know that you all will forever be in my thoughts and prayers, we as a nation will never forget you. I stand tall and salute you Brandon and from the bottom of my heart I thank you for the nights we at home could sleep without fear and know that we are safe. To the Meyer family, words cannot express the pain we now share, but our families will forever have a bond and we will be thinking of Brandon and your family and will keep you in our thoughts & prayers. Please accept my heart felt condolences and my prayer that god help you cope with this tragic loss and may the memories of your HERO carry you through each day. From one Gold Star family to another!

Dad

June 14, 2008

Hey Buddy,
Tomorrow is Father's Day. I already feel the lump in my throat as I try to sense the gift of that Day without you. Desiree and Mom miss you so much. Koda is well. I am sorry about the puppies thing...we'll deal with that later! Sophie is wild as ever. Church is moving along. It's just not the same now. I try and stay busy otherwise I break down crying. I just want to say hello and I love you one more time. I want to go back to when you and Desiree were small children playing and laughing and running...I wish I could have it all back. I call your cell phone often just to hear your voice. You sound so determined and serious...much unlike the prankster you became in high school. I love you, and I miss you more than anyone needs to know...you know, Buddy. I can't wait for the Day when you and the Lord come back to get us. Tell Him to hurry up, okay? Love you. I am so very proud of you, son. Dad

Crystal Tirre

June 13, 2008

Dear Brandon,
Hey buddy, i really miss seing that cute smile of yours and hearing that goofy laugh too! I wanted to be here on memorial day but it is still to hard. Tim, jenny, and i all toasted to your amazing life and said a lil prayer hoping your at peace. My mom got me a memorial bracelet in your honnor and i wore it proudly that day and every day since. Everyone new who see's it, even complete strangers want to know who you were and what you did for this wonderful country. If the words i tell them could only begin to give them the comfort of knowing you the way i did. You were the little brother i never had and were as close as best friends could get. I talk to your parents on occasion and i think we find comfort in talking about all the funny memories that we were blessed to have had with you over the years.
There was so much that i wanted to say to you before you became an angel and i thought i would have forever to do so, but your life was too short. I love you Brandon and you are still in the hearts of the ones who love you and have came to know you. YOU will NEVER be FORGOTTEN!
I found some old funny pics of you over the years and i hope to someday get them on this site so that others can see the other side of you too. The side that i remember and will always treasure. We'll talk soon but for now know that you are on mind everyday and in my heart every minute. I love you and have fun in heaven. Tell CPR. Riley Baker that tim and i said hi and we miss him as well.
With lots of love

Jerry H

June 2, 2008

Words are never sufficient for someone who gives their life for our freedom. Thank YOU