Jeremy Fresques    


Three Memorial Day War Heroes Honored



HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Three air commandos, including Capt. Jeremy Fresques of Clarkdale, Ariz., were posthumously awarded Bronze Stars during a memorial service Friday for missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and other trouble spots.

Those missions included their last, on Monday - Memorial Day 2005 - in Iraq. A small Iraqi air-force plane they were using to find and survey remote landing sites crashed about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad.

An Air Force and Iraqi pilot also died in the crash of the Florida-built Comp Air 7SL, a single-engine, utility and surveillance plane. The cause remains under investigation.

"These heroes died defending a cause each of us in uniform staunchly believes in," Col. O.G. Mannon, commander of the 16th Special Operations Wing. "Their service, their gift to our nation and to the world was an unfaltering commitment to freedom."
More than 1,000 fellow airmen, family members and dignitaries filled a hangar at this Air Force base, where the three had been stationed. A huge U.S. flag hung behind the speaker's podium.

Three automatic rifles were displayed upright with soldier's helmets atop of them to commemorate two special-tactics officers, Fresques and Capt. Derek Argel, 28, of Lompoc, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Casey Crate, 26, of Spanaway, Wash.

All three were Combat Controllers specialized in calling in airstrikes, conducting search and rescue missions and assessing remote landing areas.

Our Good Friend Marty also passed on this summer and left some words of value spoken to us through his wife Jana Martinez.  Each Memorial Day I will always Recall....
Some Gave All!  Thank You Marty!

"All Gave Some, But Some Gave All
For The Red, White, And Blue… Some Had To Fall
So When You Think Of Me,
Think Of All Your Liberties And Recall…..
Some Gave All"

             


CAPT JEREMY FRESQUES; 1978-2005

Capt Jeremy Fresques, a Special Tactics Officer assigned to the 23d Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, perished on 30 May 2005 in the crash of an Iraqi Air Force SL7 reconnaissance/transport airplane. Captain Fresques was participating in an operational mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom when the aircraft crashed in the Divala Province of Iraq about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Born in Farmington, New Mexico, Captain Fresques was accepted into the United States Air Force Academy after graduating from high school. While at the Academy, he earned a degree in Environmental Engineering and entered the active Air Force in 2001. His first assignment was as Flight Commander, 56th Communications Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. In 2002, Captain Fresques successfully completed Special Tactics Officer selection and training, earning his red beret.

After graduating from Class 06 of the Advanced Skills Training course at Hurlburt Field, Captain Fresques was assigned to the 23d Special Tactics Squadron and was serving his first tour of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Captain Fresques’ awards include the Bronze Star Medal With Valor Device, Air Force Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal.  He is survived by his wife, Lindsey.


               Click here to watch a news story about Jeremy, honored at the Air Force Academy

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence to those who mean us harm!"


Air Force captain killed in Iraq crash

Memorial Day will never be the same for the tight-knit family of Air Force Capt. Jeremy Fresques.

Alongside three fellow soldiers, the 26-year-old commando with Arizona ties - who had been promoted to captain that morning - died Monday in a plane crash during a training mission near Baghdad.

Fresques is the 52nd soldier with Arizona ties killed in the Iraqi war. Three other soldiers with Arizona connections have died in Afghanistan.

A graduate of the prestigious Air Force Academy in Colorado, Fresques was married for a little more than a year. He lived in Florida with his wife, Lindsey, who is also an officer in the Air Force, said Chuck Shaw, Jeremy's father-in-law.

"They had an excellent marriage, loved each other very much," Shaw said. "He's going to be very sorely missed, and we couldn't have been more proud."

Lindsey Fresques graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder before joining the Air Force and heading to Florida. The couple worked at bases near Destin, Fla., down the street from each other, Shaw said.

Fresques had been chief of communications and an information officer at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale before transferring to special operations in 2002.

He was set to return home next month after being deployed earlier this year. He and his wife had yet to decide whether they would stay in the military. The couple had no children, Shaw said.

"They were taking it day by day," he said.

Fresques' mother and father lived in Clarkdale, south of Flagstaff, before moving to Yuma. Neither was available for comment Wednesday.

Fresques died when a single-engine Iraqi air force plane crashed during a training mission near Jalula, about 50 miles northeast of Baquba.

The cause of the crash has not been determined, Air Force Master Sgt. Randy Phelps said.

Other Americans killed in the crash were Maj. William Downs, 40, of Winchester, Va.; Capt. Derek Argel, 28, of Lompoc, Calif.; and Staff Sgt. Casey Crate, 26, of Spanaway, Wash. Fresques, Argel and Crate were assigned to the Air Force 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, while Downs was part of the 6th Special Operations Squadron. All were based at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

An Iraqi pilot also died in the crash.


Complaint: Quote: A wake-up call from Luke's jets Jun. 23, 2005 12:00 AM

                                                                                         relayed to us from Bob Holmes


"Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base: Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 a.m., a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns' early-bird special? Any response would be appreciated."

The reply is classic, and a testament to the professionalism and heroism of the folks in the armed services. The response:

Quote: Regarding "A wake-up call from Luke's jets" (Letters, Thursday): On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four-ship of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt Jeremy Fresques.

Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day. At 9 a.m. on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend.

Based on the letter writer's recount of the flyby, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of the president of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured. A four-ship flyby is a display of respect the Air Force pays to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects.

The letter writer asks, "Whom do we thank for the morning air show?" The 56th Fighter Wing will call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives.

Lt. Col. Scott Pleus
CO 63rd Fighter Squadron
Luke Air Force Base

CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF
THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL
(WITH VALOR)
TO

CAPTAIN JEREMY J. FRESQUES

Captain Jeremy J. Fresques distinguished himself by heroism as a Special Tactics Officer, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, while engaged in ground combat against an enemy of the United States from 17 February 2005 to 30 May 2005. During this period, Captain Fresques served as Director of Operations managing forty-two special tactics Combat Controllers and combat weathermen supporting Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. His air-to-ground interoperability was critical while serving as a special tactics liaison during an eleven hour RC-135 Rivet Joint mission in southern Afghanistan. Captain Fresques provided the Rivet Joint technicians with critical situational awareness of ground scheme of maneuver as well as direct communications with special forces elements on the ground, ensuring the safe movement of coalition teams in the area protecting American and coalition lives. His proven combat skills and leadership made him the perfect choice to lead a landing zone operations team into the Horn of Africa to conduct landing zone safety officer training to the Combined Joint Task Force to re-supply units throughout Ethiopia. Captain Fresques’ expert guidance and risk assessment in this extremely hostile environment ensured the safety of his team and resulted in one hundred percent mission effectiveness. Upon assuming duties as the 23d Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron Director of Operations, he submitted, tracked, and de-conflicted all time-critical Joint Tactical Air Requests. His actions ensured the safe recovery of friendly ground forces, while eliminating any future threat from twelve anti-coalition personnel. Furthermore, Captain Fresques led a five-man landing zone and survey team to conduct multiple landing zone surveys while supporting the 6th Special Operations Squadron’s re-supply of the 10th Special Forces Group. It was during this Memorial Day mission on 30 May 2005 Captain Fresques made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. By his heroic actions and unselfish dedication to duty in the service of his country, Captain Fresques has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

Jeremy Fresques never gave up. Not ever, not at any time in his life.

When one of his fellow cadets at the Air Force Academy could not finish his pushups, Fresques wiggled under the cadet and supported the exhausted man on his back. Then Fresques helped the other cadet finish his pushups. Fresques was tough, but he was also kind and deeply spiritual. And he loved Oreo cookies.

"He had the biggest heart and the most drive of anyone I ever knew," said Nick Fresques, Jeremy's father.

The Air Force first lieutenant, who grew up in Farmington, was disqualified from becoming a pilot because of his eyesight.

He worked as a public-affairs officer in the Air Force until the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks galvanized him to take a more active role in the U.S. war against terrorism.

He went through two years of training to become a special operations Air Force commando. Out of his class of about 36, only three graduated.

"He had the determination to excel at anything," said his mother, Sherry Fresques.

During training to become a commando, Jeremy Fresques met the woman he would fall in love with. It was a Top Gun love story, his mother says.

Lindsay Shaw, a captain in the Air Force, was teaching one of his classes. Jeremy Fresques was normally shy around girls and never seemed to realize how many of them had crushes on him. But Shaw was bold -- she asked him to dinner. They had been married a little more than a year when he died.
"Their marriage was a Christian union," Sherry Fresques said. "They always put God first. I'd say it was probably a model marriage. They were perfect together."

Jeremy Fresques' determination included the video games he often played with his brother, Justin. In Iraq, not a single soldier could beat Jeremy at Halo.

When Justin heard his older brother was undefeated, he sent an e-mail with instructions on "how to beat Jeremy" to the guys in his brother's unit. The last e-mail the Fresques family got from their son before his death was responding to these instructions.

"Justin," it read, "I have no weakness. I have evolved."

 

USA Today    

May 26, 2006
Pg. 1

Widows bound by true meaning of Memorial Day

By Rick Hampson, USA Today

More than 850 Americans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since last Memorial Day. For many of their loved ones, the day's meaning has been transformed. This Memorial Day will feel like their first.

Memorial Day 2005: America is at the park, in the water, around the grill. At a walleye fishing tournament in Dubuque, Iowa, a lawn mower race in Hillsborough, N.J., a techno-music festival in Detroit. Dania Jai-Alai near Miami offers free U.S. flag magnets, while supplies last.

There are countless sack races, eating contests and tugs of war, endless sales on everything from RVs to bikinis. All patriotic T-shirts are $5 at eight Sears stores in greater Phoenix, while supplies last.

This is how most of us spend Memorial Day, an occasion for remembrance that morphed, through years of peace, into beer, ball, boats and barbecue.

But three years of war have revived the holiday's original meaning. Today, for the families of two young Air Force officers, the gateway to summer will become a portal to grief.

In Iraq, Derek Argel and Jeremy Fresques — both Air Force Academy class of 2001, both commandos, both promoted this day to captain — prepare to fly off on a classified mission.

In Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Capt. Argel's wife, Wendy, sits down at the computer as their 10-month-old son, Logan, plays on the floor. She wants Derek to have an e-mail from her when he gets back.

The television shows scenes of parades and cemetery services. In the e-mail's subject field, she types, “Memorial Day.”

In nearby Destin, Fla., Capt. Fresques' wife, Lindsey, also an Air Force captain, joins the annual “Gate to Gate” road race at Eglin Air Force Base. She and other runners drop carnations at the base Veterans Memorial as they jog past.I

In Yuma, Ariz., Fresques' father, Nick, has gotten a call from his wife, Sherry, (pictured left) asking him to come home early from work. After all, it's Memorial Day. In Santa Barbara, Calif., Argel's mother, Debbie, enjoys a poolside martini in her father-in-law's backyard.

All are patriotic Americans who have relatives at war. Still, for them as for almost everyone else, Memorial Day is 90% recreation and 10% recollection. Before the day is over, that will change forever.

More than a dozen communities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, including Waterloo, N.Y., (designated as such by Congress in 1966); Columbus, Miss. (recognized by the Library of Congress in 1958); and Boalsburg, Pa., where in 1864 three women started a tradition of decorating Civil War soldiers' graves with flowers.

On May 30, 1868, Union veterans first officially observed Decoration Day. Over the next century, a succession of wars swelled the importance of what became known as Memorial Day.

In 1971, Congress divorced Memorial Day from May 30, making it the last Monday in May. By 2000, the day's original meaning had become so subsumed in the festive three-day weekend that Congress passed the national Moment of Remembrance Act, asking for a moment of silence at 3 p.m.

Years of peace also took their toll. For many, Memorial Day was old men walking around in funny hats and outfits wearing obscure ribbons and medals — forgotten heroes of forgotten wars.

In Farmington, N.M., where Jeremy Fresques grew up, his mother mostly recalls the kids' baseball games and soccer tournaments. His father sums it up: “Memorial Day was a picnic.”

In
Lompoc, Calif., where Derek Argel grew up near Vandenberg Air Force Base, Memorial Day was different. The main street was lined with flags. Hundreds of people gathered at the cemetery. A clergyman read the names of the war dead, Scouts placed a flag on every veteran's grave and a bugler played taps.

Derek's grandfather was a career Marine who fought in World War II.

In the sixth grade, Derek wrote that on Memorial Day, “We should put the flag out at our homes, and go to the service at the cemetery. On this day we show respect to the veterans who risked their lives or were killed protecting our freedom and flag. I am happy to see them put a little flag on my grandfather's grave.”

In Iraq on Memorial Day 2005, Fresques, 26, and Argel, 28, have made captain. However, there's no time for a promotion ceremony. Because they're on a mission, they're not even wearing their new silver bars. A promotion “would have been the last thing on their minds,” says Col. Kenneth Rodriquez, their group commander. “These guys were very mission-focused.”

Only a few cadets from each Air Force Academy class are selected to wear the red beret of the Air Force's Special Tactics unit. They're called Combat Controllerlers, a dry term for shock troops trained to land in hostile territory, set up and protect landing fields, and direct aircraft into them.

Argel: water polo star, 6-5, 210, 4% body fat. Wanted to go to the Air Force Academy so badly he attended two prep schools after high school to get in. On a whim, entered academy boxing tournament, having never boxed before, and made the finals, losing a split decision. Set so many records in commando training he had to lug a hunk of driftwood as handicap.

Fresques: hard worker, deep thinker. Considered military academies because he didn't want to get a loan to attend University of Arizona. Joked that he chose Colorado Springs over West Point because female cadets were better looking; said the Air Force treated officers better. Found Jesus in his senior year at the academy. Upon seeing copy of Maxim, the men's magazine, on the desk of a superior officer, he said, “Sir, you aren't going to read that, are you?” Disqualified by eyesight for flight school, he became a communications officer. Applied for elite special ops unit after deciding that he'd “go crazy sitting at a desk.”  Meet Nick and Sherry Fresques, click here.

Argel, a rising star in Special Tactics, has decided to make a career of it. Fresques plans to leave the Air Force in 2006 and possibly go into real estate. Both will finish their tour in a month and go home.

“I'm definitely ready,” Fresques e-mails his parents on May 26. Three days later he writes in his journal that he's not afraid of dying, only “the process of dying.” He says his fondest desire is to be “raptured with Lindsey” into heaven to be with Jesus.

On Memorial Day, the two captains board the surveillance plane to scout potential emergency landing sites. Winds are calm, visibility unrestricted.

In the early afternoon, a holiday rooted in wars past is transformed by news from war today:

Four U.S. airmen and an Iraqi Air Force pilot were killed when their light plane crashed and exploded into flames 80 miles northeast of Baghdad. The plane went down about an hour after takeoff from Kirkuk. The cause of the crash was under investigation.

Wendy Argel is on an errand when she gets a call from her mother at home with little Logan. There are soldiers there to see her.

Wendy's father was an Air Force pilot. She knows what that means.

While she was writing that e-mail, her husband was dead.

A few miles away, Lindsey Fresques is bustling around her town house getting ready for a barbecue when there's a knock on the door. Four soldiers are standing there.

One is a major who attended her wedding, and the look on his face says this will be the worst day of her life. The carnation she'd dropped at the memorial had been for her own husband.

The young widows spread the sad news. Wendy reaches her mother-in-law in Santa Barbara. Debbie sinks to her knees. Her husband thinks she's having a stroke.

Lindsey calls Sherry Fresques, who again calls Nick at work. “Jeremy won't be coming back,” she explains.

In Iraq, where an investigation will later rule out hostile fire and mechanical failure, only a few personal items are recovered from the wreckage. They include a silver cross Jeremy had bought in Jerusalem and wore around his neck, and Derek's gold wedding ring.

Some of the human remains are burned too badly for identification. Later, these intermingled ashes will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The pilot will become the first Iraqi interred there.

Four days after the crash, a ceremony is held in a hangar at Hurlburt Field in Florida, where the four airmen were based. Each is awarded the Bronze Star. Each soldier is represented by combat boots, a rifle, a helmet and, of course, a red beret.

This year, for the friends and relatives of Jeremy and Derek, Memorial Day will be no picnic.

Nick Fresques: “It always meant something to me, but it wasn't a real important day. I didn't know anyone real close that even served in a war. Now that my son … Now it's completely different. Until something like this happens, unfortunately, it's hard to realize the true meaning of Memorial Day.”

Sherry Fresques: “It's a new experience for me, picking out what to put on your son's grave. I've selected two white roses, symbolizing purity, as well as a spray of red, white and blue stars that kind of reminds me of fireworks — Jeremy loved fireworks. And I'll probably put up this little flagpole. The flag's one of those sparkly ones.”

Wendy Argel: “Memorial Day is a big deal down here, but I know in some other places it's not. But we're living in wartime. I hope people remember that. It's not just numbers. One of those numbers happens to be my husband.”

Lindsey Fresques: “It reminds you that there really are people who make sacrifices. Jeremy and I used to think, ‘You go in and do your time, and then you get out.' So what happened makes the meaning and honor of military service a lot more real.”

Debbie Argel Bastian: “Memorial Day will always be difficult for me now, but it will also have so much more honor attached to it.”

For tough guys, Derek and Jeremy were never very aggressive around women.

Wendy basically picked up Derek, making eyes at him in a bar on St. Patrick's Day. Lindsey and Jeremy met when she was his superior officer and instructor in air traffic training school. Taking a cue from Top Gun, she passed him a note inviting him to dinner.

Now there's an overwhelming sense of what might have been. Derek was away for about half of his two-year marriage. Jeremy was overseas on his only wedding anniversary. Wendy wears Derek's ring around her neck. Lindsey wears Jeremy's cross around hers.

Last month, Wendy and Lindsey went sky diving, each for the first time, doing something their guys enjoyed doing.

On Memorial Day, they'll be at Walt Disney World, where Wendy's looking forward to the roller coasters. “It's the adrenaline,” she says. “You can't help but smile.”

Disney — “the happiest place on earth,” Lindsey says, reciting Walt's famous claim. But there's a touch of irony in her voice, suggesting that there are days when there are no happy places on earth, and that this Memorial Day could be one of them.

           Fallen Airmen memorialized at Hurlburt      

5/31/2007 -  HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN)  -- Members of the 720th Special Tactics Group dedicated a state-of-the-art training center and an adjacent roadway here May 30 in honor of four air commandos killed in the line of duty in recent operations. 
An Iraqi Air Force SL7 light aircraft crashed May 30, 2005, about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, killing Staff Sgt. Casey Crate, Capt. Derek Argel and Capt. Jeremy Fresques.

Maj. Brian Downs from another Hurlburt Field unit, the 6th Special Operations Squadron, and an Iraqi pilot were also killed in that crash.

Exactly two years after the crash, a team of special tactics operators fast-roped from an MH-53 helicopter with a U.S. flag to hoist above a new training facility that will enshrine the names of their fallen comrades forever.

The $7.8 million, 50,000 square foot Crate Advanced Skills Training Center was formally dedicated to Sergeant Crate. The center's auditorium was dedicated to Captain Fresques and the aquatics facility to Captain Argel. 

The street adjacent to the facility was named Servais Way, in honor of Senior Airman Adam Servais who was killed Aug. 19, 2006, while engaged with enemy fighters in southern Afghanistan.

"It means a lot to us that the street is forever named after Adam," said his mother, Sue Servais of Onalaska, Wis. "When you go through this grief and loss, sometimes you want the world to stop just for you, but everybody's lives go on. This is a way to keep his memory alive."

            2006 Merrick World Championship Offshore Racing

OSS also honors Captain Jeremy Fresques, who served as Combat Controller in the USAF. He lost his life in Iraq on May 30th 2005. Capt. Fresques is survived by his wife Lindsey, his father Nick, mother Sherry and brother Justin. His family is working with our local race producer in Destin and will be our guest on a pace boat.

It's a long story, but somehow I ended up in the main judge's race boat and I heard him mention something about the KIA Family coming up and I asked if he knew who it was.  He didn’t, but said they were in the yellow boat coming up on us, and sure enough…….. there was Nick Fresques along with Lindsey and Justin.

You should have seen the surprise on their faces when I popped up and said, smile.

What were the chances of me running into Nick, Lindsey, and Justin Fresques on the high seas?  I wondered why Sherry wasn’t on the boat and saw her immediately as I arrived for the CCT Reunion banquette.  She told me they could only take three of them, and then inquired how I knew she wasn’t there.

I said Nick didn’t tell you, I was the race starter?  Then I proceeded to bullshit her and she wondered in disbelief as I explained I was the Flag Holder and riding on the Pace Boat, starting the races.

When Nick walked up, she knew she had me, and immediately said; “Nick, you didn’t tell me you saw Mac out there.”  She about fell over when he verified I was on the Pace Boat.

I just said; “Damn Sherry, if I knew you needed a ride I could of put you on my boat.”  And then I just walked away having to park the car I left outside the Ramada entrance.  I know Sherry’s still trying to figure out where my bullshit ends and the story starts, but this was so weird, I don’t even believe it myself................

  The Jeremy J. Fresques Memorial Scholarship
The Jeremy J. Fresques Memorial Scholarship has been established by the wife and parents of Jeremy J. Fresques and created to provide a scholarship to a full-time student who has attained academic excellence at Farmington High School, who plans to attend full-time college, who submits written answers to the questions in the application, and who otherwise demonstrates the ability to withstand negative peer pressure and desires to better society.

Many things about Jeremy’s life make him exceptional. You could say that Jeremy exemplifies the hope of every young American boy who carries a GI Joe and dreams about rising from humble beginnings to national heroism. He was born in Farmington, New Mexico, to his adoring parents, Nick and Sherry Fresques, on December 3, 1978.  From his close family bonds that he shared also with his younger brother Justin, he developed the skills, discipline, and passion for life that propelled him to success from graduating Farmington High School in 1997 with honors all the way to and through the US Air Force Academy.  He was deeply loved by his family, admired by his community, and fiercely defended by all who were fortunate enough to call Jeremy “friend.” 

After graduation he was accepted for the Special Forces branch of the Air Force, where he served as an outstanding Assistant Team Leader for the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Jeremy was the kind of guy who could never be happy without a physical challenge, but he also prized the opportunities that Combat Control afforded him to inspire those for whom he was responsible.  Along the way, Jeremy married Lindsey Shaw, on March 13, 2004.  Their time together was cut regrettably short by Jeremy’s death on Memorial Day (30 May) 2005.  He was killed in an aircraft crash, in an Iraqi plane, with one Iraqi and three other US Air Force operatives.

For his honorable military conduct and selfless sacrifice, Capt Jeremy Fresques was awarded the bronze star medal with valor. His family and country have established memorials in his honor both at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC and Sunland Memorial Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information or to donate; Contact Sherry Fresques sfresques@gmail.com or mail check to; 3580 Country Club Dr. Show Low, AZ 85901