Tyler Ray, Tigger man, It is 2350 hours on the day of your birth 24 years ago. Just 5ish short months since you left us. We all celebrated your birthday today in our own ways. This year is raw and brutal. No lie. We miss you so very much. We ate your favorite steak and shrimp and spoke of you, thought of you. We hope you are proud of what we are doing in your honor and memory. 
Your whole family, birth, Chosen, Army and friends feel your loss today and grieve for it. For grief is nothing but love with no physical place to go.  But we also feel your hope. For you are always with us. So many times you, Brooke, Bert and I spoke of love as infinite. Without end. Love does not need the physical to exist. It just...IS.  Forever and without end. We love you to infinity and beyond. Every day. Forever. 

It's your birthday today, and it just feels so wrong that I can't call or text you and wish you a happy birthday. That there will be no cake and a movie, or little tiger knickknacks. I sang to you the Birthday song the second I woke up, and I pray that you heard me. I miss you so much Shield-Brother. I love you more than words can express.

It’s still hard to wrap my head around the fact that you’re gone. You’re on my mind almost every day; and to say you were my best friend is an understatement. You were like a brother to me and I definitely would go as far as to say I loved you dearly. I still see memes and want to send them to you, or my head immediately says that you’d find it funny.

I know you’re in a better place now though, and that you’re that you’re not feeling all that pain anymore. I’ll see you in the next life man.

I am so sorry for your loss. Tyler was one of my Soldiers while stationed in Korea. He was a hard worker and loved by many. He will be sadly missed by many.

Until Valhalla
SFC John Shedio

To my baby brother,
I'm sorry I didn't know the pain you felt inside. I wish I had been there for you more often. I was so very proud of you, and I love you more than words could ever say. Your nieces Ivy and Mercdese, loved you. Even though they didn't get to spend much time with you, they spoke about you quiet often. I wish I could have stopped this from happening, unfortunately everyone always gets caught up in their own lives that we forget to reach out. I'm sorry baby bro, I failed you. I will miss you always and love you till my last breathe.

-Thomas

You will never be forgotten bro. I miss you with everything I have. Me and my family mourned your passing. May you rest in peace. 

I'll miss you bud. I remember when I first got to fort bliss you and Hatfield were about my only friends. It's hard knowing you're gone.