THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…..

LZ Snoopy was an Americal firebase located along National Highway QL-1 in Quang Ngai Province, RVN. Among the munitions fired from Snoopy were white phosphorus rounds. White phosphorus is employed as a smoke, illumination, or incendiary munition, and burns at a temperature of up to 2,760 degrees Celsius (5,000 degrees Fahrenheit). On February 27, 1971, a white phosphorus mortar round prematurely detonated at the LZ, fatally injuring three artillerymen from A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 16th Artillery. The lost personnel were PFC Dennis L. Craver, SP4 John A. Cukale Jr., and SP4 James L. Steinkirchner. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and wikipedia.org]

On the remembrance of your 70th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

Dear Sp4 John Cukale,
Thank you for your service as a Field Artillery Basic. 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.

My twin brother Douglas and I grew up with Butch. We were together for the first draft lottery in December 1969. Butch got one of the first numbers and decided to join the army so he could choose artillery instead of being in the infantry, I got number 157 with the draft up to 95. A lottery decided life or death.