My name is Adrain Dykstra Hurst and I am the only child of Franklin Stephen Dykstra, Jr. and I was advised that your group could honor in a way that only a fellow biker would understand.  I was born biker as my joined the Bandidos while in Vietnam and he retired in 1974 from the MC as he did not like "all the rules".  LOL.  He did have a few friends from those days, but the numbers are few.  He did not want "Bandido honors", however I feel the Patriot Guard would make him smile in Heaven.  He loved motorcycles and hid his first bike from his parents at age 14.   His parents signed for him to go into the military in 1963.  He served from 1964 thru 1968 and was the Lead Surgical Technician in the 8th Field Hospital in Da Nang.  When he passed May, 4 2009 he was rated 100% Disabled due to PTSD, as he left his mind in Vietnam.  I have many great and amazing stories, but none compare to his service for our country.  
He will be placed in the Memorial Wall at the Veterans National Cemetery in Dallas on May 7, 2010 @ 1pm.   Please advise on what I need to do to achieve such an honor as to have his brothers send him off.  He would be proud and I know he will be looking to see what everyone is riding.  My husband and I are Independent Riders and would love to join you, if possible.  I can not thank you enough as my Dad was my hero and I never understood his persecution.  I guess I grew up with the reality of what happened there and my Dad never sugar coated truth.  So please do not invite Hanoi Jane Fonda, as Dad would haunt us all.  I think it is fitting for him to be placed in Dallas, as that is where he was "dropped off" in 68'.   May God Bless all that you do, as today I have a peace knowing he will be honored for the first time. 
God Bless,
Adrain Dykstra Hurst
