THE WALL OF FACES

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

We were teammates on the Menlo-Atherton football team in 1964.
56 years later I still think of this fun loving guy.

Corporal John Francis Diggs, Served with Combined Action Platoon 2-4-1 (CAP 2-4-1), Combined Action Company 2-4 (CACO 2-4), 2nd Combined Action Group (2nd CAG), Combined Action Program, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

From one MA grad (and Atherton kid) to another, I would like to express my sincere gratitude/respect for your service to our country and giving the ultimate sacrifice. I am a US History HS teacher and have selected Menlo Atherton graduates who have served in Vietnam and did not come home. Perspective for my students and today's iPhone generation is important for the freedoms/quality of life they live today; driven home to me back in 1990 when I complained that my senior trip was cancelled to Acapulco, only to have my uncle explain/drive home the point: "Jon, my "senior trip" in 1968 was to Vietnam and two of my friends did not return." I was also in Vietnam/Quang Nam province back in 1994 under different circumstances and in Hoi An, I believe near where you gave your life for your brothers. Rest in Cpl. John Diggs and your name/sacrifice lives on in today's generation as my US History class remembers your duty/honour/life!

Dear Corporal John Diggs,
Thank you for your service. While I did not know you I am from Menlo Park and I know others who did know you and miss you. You are remembered and written about in our group on FB calledRemember Old Menlo Park.
Sincerely,
Carol Locke