THE WALL OF FACES

Ronald is buried at South Mound Cemetery in New Castle, IN.

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers

Dear Sir, My name is T.J. Kaupp and I am with the Gridley High School Posting Project. We feel that all men and women on the virtual wall should be remembered. Thank you for demonstrating incredible courage and integrity in fighting for America. I cannot imagine the courage it took to fight in such a conflict. Thank you, I will never forget your sacrifice.

Thank you for your service to America. Your sacrifice in the defense of freedom and liberty will never be forgotten.

I'm a senior at Gridley High School. I wanted to say thank you for what you did for our country. It means so much to me. Thanks again!