David Derk

Susan and the Derk famiy, please accept the condolences of the 11th Armored Cavalry's veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia; if anything David was one of us, one of our own. We are sorry for your loss, but at the same time we salute an honorable veteran, a cherished man, a noreworthy trooper. As grateful Americans we pause in our sorrow to visualize a brave man who was willing to sacrifice and offer to lay down his life for his country and fellow man. As our Burial Liturgy states: "David's life has not ended, merely changed" ... and as we were together then, we will be together again, warmly embraced in the arms of our Heavenly Father. Chaplain Bill, 11th ACVVC - Vietnam 71/72