THE WALL OF FACES

Rest in peace! From all the members of A/2-501, 101st Airborne Division, Alpha Avengers, Phu Bai

2nd Lieutenant Carol Ann Drazba, ANC (Dunmore, PA) was born in 1943 and raised in Dunmore. Carol was a 1964 graduate of Scranton State General Hospital, Scranton, PA. She served on the nursing staff of the U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, before entering service in Vietnam. She was survived by her mother, a sister and many family members and friends. Remembered as "always full of life", a bronze sculpture in Carol's honor was edicated in Scranton, PA in 2012.. Carol is buried at Sacred Cemetery, Scranton, PA. The memorial also honors Tom Stasko, Elizabeth Jones and the four helicopter crewmembers who died on February 18, 1966.
The statue of Drazba stands near the Gino Merli Veterans Center and the site of the former Scranton State Hospital, where she trained as a nurse.

At the Combined Hospitals Unit Reunion in Chicago in 2011 we remembered Carol's service and honored her sacrifice.

I try to check this site each day to give thanks and a prayer for all heroes on their birthdays. I have six brothers here and it's a way to say hey. Although it's not your birthday today,it's the Marine Corps birthday and I felt compelled to say thank you for your sacrifice. God bless you and your family. You will always be remembered. Semper Fi, Always Faithful. Never Forgotten.

Have posted each Memorial Day on another site. You will never be forgotten.

August 15th, 2014 was our 60th year Dunmore High School reunion. I made it "home" that week and found out about our hometown hero's. I visited your monument and rendered a 9 second honor guard salute. I visited the Merli Veterans Center and introduced myself to your sister Joann. I mentioned to her that I was borne at the hospital you trained in and was in "country" during your tour of duty. I will add your panel to my list. I hope to make one last duty call, to reach and touch the wall and heal the demons inside me. I again salute you LT.
Charles S. lapsansky
ATCS US Navy Ret.