Vicky Field's Prayer Request for Wounded Son, Chad
Netlore Archive: Prayer chain letter from Vicky Field of Granbury, Texas requests prayers on behalf of her son, Chad, a U.S. soldier injured in Iraq.
Description: Prayer request chain letter
Circulating since: Nov. 2004
Status: Authentic
Example:
Email text contributed by Carmen B., Feb. 28, 2005:
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Please pray for this young soldier and pass this on to all who will pray for him. From: Vicky Field Subject: My son has been shot in Falujah.. I wanted to get everyone to pray for my son. Today, Sunday, got a call from the Army that my son had been shot in the head. I am asking for all your prayers. He was in a Humvee going through Falujah fighting and a gang of militia fighters fired on the Humvee and hit Chad in the head. The driver got him out of the city and took him to Baghdad. He was in fatal condition but now has been upgraded to stable critical. His dad and I are on standby to fly to Washington then on to Germany as soon as the military call us to go. The Army is trying to stabilize him enough to fly to Germany and at that time we will leave.. Please pray that my son will not have brain damage and that he will be restored and healed by the blood and grace of God. I ask for you to pass this prayer request on so there will be many prayer warriors for him. Thank you so much and I will try to keep you updated on his condition. God Bless Vicky Field, Granbury, Texas |
Analysis: U.S. Army Specialist Chad Snowden was shot in the head by a sniper in Fallujah, Iraq on November 13, 2004, leaving him critically injured. He underwent surgery in Baghdad, where doctors kept him for several days in hopes that his condition would improve so he could be flown elsewhere for further treatment.
While awaiting notification of his departure from Iraq, Snowden's mother, Vicky Field of Granbury, Texas, composed the prayer request above and emailed it to family and friends. She then flew to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she spent a month at her son's bedside monitoring his care and recovery, and fighting to cut through the red tape that threatened to delay his needed transfer to a rehabilitation center.
One year later, the Dallas Morning News reports that Snowden is doing extremely well despite a minor loss of mental capacity and is making plans to attend college. Vicky Field, whose persistent lobbying on behalf of her son won the attention and respect of Defense Department officials, has been given the job of Texas advocate for the support of injured military personnel.
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Sources and further reading:
Soldier Wounded in Battle
Hood County News, 17 November 2004Injured Soldier Planning College
Hood County News, 6 May 2005Soldier's Mom Fights the Fight for Injured
Dallas Morning News, 2 November 2005
Last updated: 11/29/05
