THE WALL OF FACES

Just like to say 50 plus years and I often think of our paths crossing in a chow line in Gulfport Mississippi 1969. Then in March you are gone and I was going back on my second deployment.

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 sun 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.

As long as you are remembered you will never truly die....

I will never forget the day we lost you...the sound of the explosion and then getting word of your sacrifice...May You Rest in Peace

We served together in MCB 12, 1968 1969.

Mike, just wanted you to know that on March 20, 2020 that a group of your Seabee Brothers from MCB-7 will be visiting the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. , my first visit was on March 20, 2010 on your 40th year in heaven, and I spent the day with you then. Over the years your death has effect so many of us, you were a friend to us all. EO-3 Richard Boniface