THE WALL OF FACES

Remembering you and your service on this Memorial Day 2023 and want you to know you have not been forgotten.
SSG Gordon Bourland
C/4/12 199th LIB

Terrance was my uncle. We called him Mike. I was only 9 when we loss Uncle Mike but I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember the soldiers who brought Uncle Mike home. How Grandma was so sad, and I don't think she ever really got over it. Uncle Mike would take me on horseback rides and sled rides. He was a great Uncle.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

Terrance......Honoring you on your birthday........Never forgotten....God Bless

Fire Support Base Nancy was located in northern Long Khanh Province next to the village of Dinh Quan. On January 21, 1970, troops from 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade, were moving munitions when a box of 81mm mortar rounds exploded for unknown reasons. The 8:50 AM blast killed thirteen U.S. personnel and wounded two others. The lost Americans included (from C Company): PFC Claud A. Davis, SP4 Terrance L. Drea, CPL Thomas M. Gaither, SP4 Pedro A. Gonzalez, SP5 Roger E. Key, SP4 John C. Kroeger, SSG Kenneth R. Kroehler, SP4 Floyd S. McCreery, SP4 Larry D. Murray, PFC Robert H. Ruggles, PFC Jerome R. Sain, and SP4 Kerry L. Taylor; and (from D Company): SP4 John D. Pies. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]