THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us…..

Roger and I were friends. We both grew up at Slater, SC. We went to Slater-Marietta Elementary and High schools together. He was quiet but scrappy. It was hard to accept his death so soon. He had just left to join the Army. Next thing I knew, I was attending his funeral. I miss him now, but I know I'll see him again in Heaven some day.

Your life was cut short protecting the freedom of us all. You served your country well and you hometown will forever be in your debt and our love for you will ensure.

Dear Cpl Roger Cox,
Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Happy Valentine's Day. It is so important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

A little after midnight on December 28, 1969, Viet Cong sappers attacked the northern perimeter of Alpha Company who were hunkered down in foxholes they dug the afternoon before in the Ho Bo Woods in Binh Duong Province 20 km north of Cu Chi. The three VC sappers snuck up on 3-6’s position and threw satchel charges and hand grenades and fired Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) into 3-6’s foxhole and the foxholes to the west. They then opened up with AK-47’s. A total of eight members of the third platoon were killed. They included 2LT John W. Foreman, SGT Robert L. Emery, CPL Terry A. Thornton, CPL Charles E. Merritt, SP4 Danial “Whitey” G. Heiderich, CPL Allen R. Rader, CPL Otis Carthage Jr., and CPL Roger D. Cox. [Taken from i-kirk.info/2nd14th]