THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your childhood friend Richard Cordes is touching. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…..

On December 28, 1966, the Marine combat base at Dong Ha was the target of an intense early morning mortar attack. At approximately 1:00 AM, the base, one mile west of Dong Ha Airfield in Quang Tri Province, RVN, received 100-150 rounds of suspected 82mm mortars utilizing proximity (airburst) fuzes. The barrage was “walked” through the motor pool area to the Marines’ own mortar positions, killing six and wounding ten. The lost Marines included LCPL James R. Aarde, PFC Edward D. Davis, CPL Douglas W. Doig, PFC Guy L. Gordon, PVT Dennis J. Hamet, and MSGT Eugene E. Stout. Countermortar fire with illumination rounds was returned on suspected enemy positions with unobserved results. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and Provisional Artillery Battalion Command Chronology, 12th Marines, December 1966]

Dear PFC Edward Davis,
Thank you for your service as a Field Radio Operator. We are celebrating Passover and Easter. It is a time of joy, and may that be yours in heaven. 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.

Semper Fidelis, Marine.

I was with PFC Davis the day he died, I recall him being assigned to a perimeter outpost, I was assigned to the hole next to his. I met him for just a few minutes, it was his first day in Nam.
I wish I would have got to know him better, he seemed like a great person. We from India battery, 3rd Bn. 12th Marines on our last reunion in DC honored him and will do so again in our next reunion in San Diego in 2015.