https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/california-based/chad-s-wade/ The latest user comments on Chad S. Wade en-us https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c193423 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c193423 Victor, brother you are missed more than you will ever know! I am proud that I had the honor to serve next to an American Hero! I will always remember your war CRY and your big HEART!!! It is men like you that we thank for our freedom. Thank you brother and miss ya. Always and forever Platoon 3057!!! Semper Fi Brother......... Love ya, Aaron McGuire / USMC 3rd RTB, "Insane" India Company, Platoon 3057 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 05:38:03 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c182053 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c182053 Vic, it's been years...the last time i saw you was at SOI in 2003 after we graduated bootcamp. I ran into you, surprised to see from the mountains and on the parade deck. We were all happy to reunite after 3057 and soon going into the abyss in the fleet. Kielion was in your SOI class I think bc his parents and my parents wanted us to link up in Pendleton but I remember you were estatic to tell me the good news about Lumpsey making Honor Grad and Lumpsey was with you to tell me the news. We made it through 3057 and i knew you were having a hard time with the weight in bootcamp, you looked very sick but you were very strong to hold on to the rest of the journey to make it through bootcamp. I admired your strength and you'll never be forgotten in my eyes and heart... I didn't hear of the news until I met up with Stevenson in Sergeant's Course in 2008 when he asked me, 'Did you hear about Lu?' 'Nah, bro, what's up?' 'he didn't come home, he got peppered in Fallujah'... My heart sank to see a great giant fall. So I decided to do my final report on the Battle of Fallujah in your honor, bc that's what was happening and I knew beforehand, my neighbor at the time, Kielion was KIA and was in your same unit but different company... Peace be with you, Rest In Peace, and I'll see you in the Halls of Valhalla... I'll always be here for you bro, i have a memorial for all my fallen bros', you're one of them and every Memorial Day and Marine Corps birthday i light those candles, they go out when they can't burn no more but the flames never die in my heart. What ever is on your mind, you can always talk to me, i'm here for you, just see me in my sleep, everyone else does. I'm out now, got out in 2012, i re-up'd another term to go EOD but i didn't make the cut, it finished before it started, made a deployment to Marjah and now I'm sick... I made SSgt at the end of the 10 years bro... now i'm back to my roots working the oilfields down here in Tx. Everything is good but its just i hurt everyday of it bc it reminds me of the hell we all went through but i'm hanging on just like you held on to finish and graduate. Love you my brother, Semper Fi Lopez JC SSgt/USMC 3rd RTB, "Insane" India Company, Platoon 3057 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:32:34 -0800 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c121037 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c121037 If, ever, my future grand children ask what I enjoyed while in the military, I will tell them stories of how I fought side by side with warriors like Lu. Not a day goes by with me not thinking of you, brother. You will always be in our hearts and in our minds. You just stand post in the gates of heaven, and we will relieve you soon. Always Faithful, 3/5, Get some! Coy Reyes, MSW Sgt/USMC Veteran Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c117651 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c117651 Victor was one of the nicest and most down to earth gentlemen. Always full of life and positive energy. We really became good friends when we workout together on a weekly basis. thank you for everything you have done, and rip my friend. you will forever be missed. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:00:25 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c95673 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c95673 To Vic Lu, You were the most unique person I have ever met. I will never forget how with great ease you were flipping over 7 ton tires at Warriors Night. Everyone in 3rd Bn 5th Mar. knew who Vic Lu was, and from this day on, I will never forget Big Lu. The greatest event that ever happen to me was to serve with heroes such as yourself, along with the rest of our brothers we have lost in battle. Our wounds will never heal, but your spirit will live on forever. Even though we served together, I want to give you my gratitude and thank you for serving our country, and for fighting for our freedom. I miss you brother, and you will never be forgotten. On this day, I will have a drink open at the bar for you, and I will respect that drink for you and for the men of 3rd Bn. 5th Mar. THREE-FIVE...GET SOME!!! NACTON....DARKHORSE....and for HAVOC.... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:21:47 -0800 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c90834 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c90834 Lu was a true warrior and a friend .. im proud to serve with him and to be his corpsman. It still hurts me everyday to be the last person to see him alive, I tried everthing I could to save him but the wounds were fatal. Lu you have a good soul and you will forever live with us and 5th Marines 11-13-04 RIP Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:10:03 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c82894 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c82894 After 8 yrs, we still think about you. You were truly the best god bro anyone can have. I miss you. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:46:21 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c76388 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c76388 It's been almost 8 years, all I can say is that I can not say I missed Victor as much as most people should. As I remembered looking down on his casket before it lay to rest I threw a cigarette and told him, "I'll see you again." Thank you for the memories that you have engrave in my soul and you will never be forgotten. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:40:56 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c76251 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c76251 We met at RSS Pasadena and no one can forget how helpful and kind you were. You are truly missed brother! Your sacrifice is one that is not forgotten! Sat, 26 May 2012 03:54:28 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c74409 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/victor-r-lu/#c74409 Hey Vic, how are you bro? It's been a long time since we last spoke. I remember all the hard work we put in at RSS Pasadena to get you to drop some pounds, all the studying we did together. Vic I remember the day we went and talked with your family when I dropped you off to go to bootcamp. We drove down Old Town Pasadena to see the ladies walking around one last time. Vic, you were always in a good mood, never mad, always happy and willing to help the other pooles. I remember how proud your father was the day I gave you the Delayed Entry Enlistment Certificate. We both signed it, and you joked "Sgt Lam, one day I wanna be your gunner". Those words have never left my mind and my heart Vic. Because after I dropped you off to go to bootcamp I never saw you again. Vic, I Love you Marine.I am sorry I never had the chance to tell you it, but you were my favorite recruit. It has taking me this long to be strong enough and tell you all this because I have been filled with guilt. But I know that being a Marine was the only thing you ever wanted to do and I am glad, we made it happen. You and I. I will do my best to honor you daily for the rest of my life. Semper Fi. B.M.Lam. USMC-1993-2009. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:22:07 -0700