Dog Tag Return (continued)
The Dekrygers
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But Bill Dekryger, a Marine Vietnam veteran and his son Tim, a retired Marine major who is a veteran of more recent wars, made two trips to Vietnam and visited those trinket stalls and on both trips they came home with dog tags, including Lancaster Brown-Bey's.
Tim and Bill Dekryger, son and father, were both combat Marines. Photo courtesy YouTube, "Dog Tags Come Home".
"We understand what dog tags mean to a Marine. They're your identity stamped on a small metal plate. We couldn't just leave them there."
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Major Tim Dekryger, USMC (ret)
son of former Sergeant Bill Dekryger, USMC
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See the YouTube video about their quest here.
Dog tags recovered from Vietnam by the Dekrygers. Photo courtesy of Tim Dekryger.
And so they went home.
Tim had Brown-Bey's tags mounted in a frame with a rubbing from the Wall.
On September 16, 2018, the 50th anniversary of the battle of LZ Margo, they were presented to sixteen members of Lanny Brown-Bey's family members in Detroit.
