David Albin Boris

West Point, 1999

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Antonio Buehler on November 16, 2007:

David was a great guy. We graduated high school together and went to West Point together. Unfortunately, we were in different regiments and didn't get to see each other much at school and never got to run into each other during active duty. I wish I would have reached out more, it must have been at least three years since I last spoke to him. I received word from my Aunt on the day after Veteran's Day that something bad happened and I spent the next day checking every possible web site to find out if it was true. I still find it hard to believe he is gone. One picture I will always remember of Dave was our return from the Academy Plebe year. We stopped in at a restaurant outside of West Point and pigged out on some ice cream. I believe it was our first taste of freedom that year, and every time I think of Dave I think of us sitting there all rigid in our dress greys, not quite knowing how to relax again. A very far cry from our high school days only months before. It's amazing how much we grew from that point. I know Dave was a great son and a great husband. And though I didn't get to follow his career, I also know that he must have been a great leader who cared for his soldiers first and inspired them to do great things. Pottsville and West Point have had a lot of great men pass through, and Dave made them both extremely proud. I am so grateful I was able to get to know him and call him a friend. I will miss him dearly. Deepest condolences to his parents and Jaime, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

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