Mourning the loss of a good friend and a brave Marine

America lost a brave veteran yesterday. Bob Hinckley passed away at the VA hospital in Syracuse NY. Bobby was a Lance Corporal in the US Marine Corps and saw a lot of action in his time in Nam. He lived his life to his last breath, a proud marine. He fought the nightmares and sad memories all of his life, and at times would drown his sadness and nightmares in alcohol.

Bob and I have been acquainted since the 8th grade. We got reacquainted after Viet Nam when we both drank and spent our every waking hour in the bars of N Utica. We always kept track of each other as life went on, and we called each other "brother Bob and brother Dick". In the 90's we both drove for the same trucking company and would travel together every Sunday night to Chicago, where he would continue west, and I would head north into Wisconsin for our first drops of the week.

Bob attended the Marine Corps Ball every year, and lived his entire life a marine to the very depths of his soul. He was a brave man, and has gone home to be reunited with his sister Debbie, and all those friends that he lost in Viet Nam in the 60's. Rest in peace and Semper Fi "brother Bob". We will meet again someday.