Restoration In Peace

TEC5 Fay E. Inscore - US Army - WWII

Tec5 Fay E. Inscore

US Army - WWII

1916 to 1975

Before

After - This is a surface cleaning. I have soaked the stone with a long-term cleaner. I will return in a month and all of the bio life will be gone and the grave marker will look like new.

PFC Raymond Ralph Ball - US Marine Corps - WWII

PFC Raymond Ralph Ball

USMC - WWII

September 6, 1927 to October 23, 1998

Before

After - This is the initial surface cleaning. I have soaked the stone with a long-term cleaner. I will return in a month and this stone will be free of bio life. The restoration will be dramatic because the stone is white marble. Stay tuned.

SGT Ronnie F. Branam - Vietnam War - KIA

SGT. Ronnie F. Branam

KIA Vietnam War - BSM-AM & OLC-PH

Company D - 7th Cavalry - 1st Cavalry Division

August 19, 1947 - April 10, 1968

Before

After - This stone will need more work. It has settled 4 inches over the last 50+ years. This is the initial cleaning. I have sprayed a along-term cleaner on the stone. I will return in a month to finish cleaning it and raise the stone.

Ernest Rasburn Moore - US Army - WWII Veteran

Before

After - This is the surface cleaning. I have soaked the stone with a deep cleaner. I will return in a month to finish.

Otis Webb - US Army - WWII Veteran

Before

After - This is the initial surface cleaning. I have soaked it with a long-term cleaner.

Robert Junior Rummel - Korea War Veteran

PFC Robert Junior Rummel - US Army - Korean War

Before

After - This is the initial surface cleaning. I applied a deep cleaner and will return in a month.

Sp4 Freddy Greene - Vietnam War - KIA

Specialist Four Freddy Greene

C CO, 1ST BN, 12TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV,

USARV Army of the United States

June 03, 1945 to June 22, 1968

Before

After - This is a surface clean. I have applied a deep cleaner and will return in a month to clean again.

My First Grave Marker

Yesterday I received in the mail a bottle of "Wet and Forget". This is bio killer solution. Just spray it on and walk away for a month. http://wetandforget.com I went to the cemetery today and sprayed the Wet and Forget on one particular stone marker. The stone marker is so old that I don't want to touch it at all for fear that I will injure it. I have a first rule: "Do No Harm". I will return in a month to see how well this stuff works. I have seen many before and after pictures of stones restored with this product, but I need to experience it for myself to elevate my confidence. I am including the before pictures with this post.

Today I received in the mail some D/2 cleaning solution. http://d2bio.com Tomorrow I will be going out to the cemetery to start cleaning marker stones with D/2 Biosolution. I will have immediate gratification with these marker stones. I will be scrubbing them and cleaning them in one day. Both of these products are approved by the Veteran Administration and the National Park Service.

Sprayed this stone with Wet and Forget today.

Welcome Message

Hello everyone, I am David Rose, the author of this blog and the owner of the entity Restoration In Peace. I am a 100% VA disabled Vietnam War Veteran Combat Trauma Medic. Following my third retirement in 2013, I became an advocate for Vietnam War Veterans. You can view my veteran projects here: http://fvhofsociety.org/rose.html

I recently experienced the impression to start restoring the headstones of Vietnam War KIA warriors. It has been more than 50 years now since these brothers have been buried and some of the graves are in bad shape. I'm on a mission to restore as many Vietnam Veteran graves in my area of Tennessee as I can.

In researching this project, cleaning materials and restoration procedures online, I learned that there are already many individuals and entire movements in operation today. I am extremely pleased to see this. Thank you to all who are already restoring veteran graves. I have learned from you and I will be joining you with my own entity.

I have full support from my city, Athens, Tennessee who owns three of the cemeteries in my area. Yesterday I walked one of the cemeteries for the first time and learned that I have lots of work to do. I am including two pictures of the first two graves that I will be restoring. There will be many more to follow.

This is a great honor for me to be able to give back in this manner. Our countries warriors deserve the best. I am still saddling up for this project, but very soon you will be able to view all of the veteran graves that I restore. Please return often to view my progress. You may contact me here: david@restorationinpeace.org

If you are so inclined, please join me in this honorable project.

Sergeant Ronnie Branam Killed In Action 04/10/1968 Vietnam War

Sp4 Freddy Greene Killed In Action 06/22/1968 Vietnam War