THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you died on your 21st birthday is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.
Happy Heavenly Birthday

Dear Cpl Otto Ensslin,
Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. I hate that you passed on your birthday, it is too sad. We remember all you who gave their all. It has been too long, and it's about time for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Corporal Otto Robert Ensslin, Served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

Otto and I were best friends in Vietnam, we were in war zone D doing search and destroy. On 4-21-67 we were huddled up under a poncho and I sang him a very off key Happy Birthday. The next day we were scheduled for extraction from he area, the Huey arrived at our LZ,I was supposed to get on it, BUT our CO wanted a medic to stay behind,so Otto was sent on the Helo in my place. He and I were like brothers in Vietnam and to this day I wrestle with the fact that he got on that Helo instead of me! He holds a sacred place in our home and in my heart as a remembrance of that day. Tim Shook Combat medic,1st Plt, A co.