Vietnam Veteran wondered "whatever happened to his Army friend"

Two Army vets reclaim friendship after discovering they were neighbors
ABC News
Jane Park
Dec 26, 2014

The pieces began falling together late October when Peggy noticed Roger was a wounded vet. She saw the Purple Heart logo on his license plate. Then she noticed the baseball cap visible from the back window of Roger’s car that read, “9th Infantry.” It was the same infantry Dave had served in.

BERKLEY (WXYZ) - October 6, 1966.

It was the day Roger Watson was drafted, and the day he met a friend who never quite left his memory - Dave Brown.

Dave remembers Roger too.

Both men were from northwest Detroit and went through basic Army training together in Fort Hood, Texas.

They became fast friends. Then they went home for a month before serving in Vietnam.

“After that, we never did see one another,” Dave recalls.

Dave had heard that Roger was wounded early in his tour, but never learned if he had survived.

After returning home, Roger got married, had kids and settled down on Franklin Road in Berkley. He would wonder, from time to time, whatever happened to his Army friend, Dave.
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