1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) to remember comrades on Veterans'

By RangerKen on November 10, 2009

(1st SFG (A) — Soldiers of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

will honor two fallen comrades during a sunrise re-dedication ceremony

at the unit's memorial wall on Veteran's Day.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 a.m., the names of Sgt. 1st Class

Christopher D. Shaw and Staff Sgt. Jack M. Martin III will be unveiled

as the most recent additions to the roster of fallen Soldiers

memorialized on the wall.

The 1st Special Forces Group Memorial Wall honors Soldiers who have died

while serving on missions around the world. The wall currently has 164

names memorialized on it.

Shaw and Martin died Sept. 29 on Jolo Island, Philippines when their

vehicle struck an IED.