THE WALL OF FACES

Never forgotten.

You had your heart in the right place.

HOOAH

Major John Oliver Arnn, Served with Detachment B-42 (Chau Doc), Company D, 5th Special Forces Group, United States Army Vietnam.

An earlier post says that Maj. Arnn and SFC Torello were killed on Jan. 26. It was Dec. 26.

SFC Torello was driving, not Tony Cistaro, the USAID officer

The vehicle was an Army jeep, not a USAID vehicle.

And they were killed by a plastic explosive in the road, not by gunfire.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910

John, you were killed with my dad. Tony Cistaro, your terp and my friend was with you. I honor you as I do my dad and as I retire a Sergeant Major and the US Army, thank you for your honor and sacrifices. God bless til we meet. SGM Lisa M Torello.