PFC.
MAX RALPH IDOM
Born
on Sept. 18, 1947
From FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
Casualty was on Nov. 9, 1967
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
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Max Idom
1965 High School picture
(courtesy of his school friend, June)
Pfc.
Max Idom served
with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, Mike Company. He was Killed In
Action during Operation ESSEX. His name stands proudly on the Mike 3/5 Wall of Honor
alongside the Marines he fought and died with. Semper fi, Brother
Marine. We will never forget.
Operation
ESSEX
AN
EMPTY PLACE
MAX
WAS A FUN-LOVING KID THAT NEVER REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO REACH HIS POTENTIAL.
HIS DECISION TO JOIN THE CORPS WAS MORE OF AN ESCAPE FOR HIM AND A
CHANCE TO REALLY BELONG. THE ABSENCE OF HIS QUICK WIT AND SENSE OF
HUMOR LEFT THE WORLD OF THOSE WHO KNEW HIM WITH A VOID WHERE ONLY
MEMORIES RESIDE. ~KEN SESSIONS, FRIEND
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