THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

When Lafayette would visit for a few days when he had leave was a great time, the house was always filled with laughter and love. He and my Father loved to give my boyfriend (husband) heck. I still visit his grave every year. Nothing but good memories.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your cousin Vicki is touching. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

SSG George Coody was the acting platoon leader of the third platoon of Co.A, 1st Bn (Mech), 16thInf, !st Inf Div. His platoon (-) was on patrol when they stopped to dismount. A slacker soldier inside one vehicle was asleep when Sgt Coody called for him. When he stood up he set off a trip flare inside the track. Sgt Coody grabbed a fire extinguisher from his track and attempted to fight the fire through the door in the vehicle ramp. He was killed instantly when the track exploded. I know because as XO I was called to Graves Registration to identify his body. SSG Geoge Coody was one of the two most competent NCOs I knew in Viet Nam. SSG Coody was a true leader and instilled in his men a confidence that he would not ask them to do anything he was not willing to do first. To this day I wish I was as good a leader as George Lafayette Coody.

PFC Christopher Williams and SSG George L. Coody were infantrymen serving with A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. On May 6, 1969, they were traveling in a M113 armored personnel carrier at an unspecified location in Binh Duong Province, RVN, when a trip flare was accidently ignited in the vehicle. Both soldiers were critically burned in the incident. Coody succumbed to his injuries; Williams was medically evacuated to the burn unit at Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam Houston, TX, with burns over 52% of his body. He expired on May 29, 1970. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]