I met Henry Aderholt in the 10th grade at Hewitt Trussville High School in Trussville, Alabama. We wrote love notes to each other in my 11th grade history book and began dating soon after school was out for the summer. We married on October 29, 1966 and he went into the army in January 1968. We met in Hawaii in 1969 for R&R and he returned to Vietnam and was shot in February 1970. He was released from the army in late 1970 with wounds to his abdomen and spinal cord. He died on December 12, 1972 of the abdominal wounds. Although I remarried for a short time and had 2 children, Henry was my first and best love and still to this day (38 years later) remains the love of my life.

I met Henry Aderholt in the 10th grade at Hewitt Trussville High School in Trussville, Alabama. We wrote love notes to each other in my 11th grade history book and began dating soon after school was out for the summer. We married on October 29, 1966 and he went into the army in January 1968. We met in Hawaii in 1969 for R&R and he returned to Vietnam and was shot in February 1970. He was released from the army in late 1970 with wounds to his abdomen and spinal cord. He died on December 12, 1972 of the abdominal wounds. Although I remarried for a short time and had 2 children, Henry was my first and best love and still to this day (38 years later) remains the love of my life.