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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.

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