THE WALL OF FACES

“Let us not so much mourn nor grieve
for these men that died,
But rather rejoice and thank God that
such great men ever lived.”
~ Gen. George S. Patton

Staff Sergeant Ewell Edgel Acord, Served with the 335th Assault Helicopter Company, 145th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army Vietnam. Montani Semper Liberi !

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.

I have never met you or your family. However my son and I will be doing a rubbing of your name soon for my wife. You took her fathers place on your last mission on May 1st 1967. Your sacrifice made it possible for my father in law to return home safely and have a baby girl that later became my wife.

DEAR SSGT. ACORD,

AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S BIRTH THIS WEEK, I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS MANY OF YOU AS I CAN. YOUR SACRIFICE IS APPRECIATED, BUT I WISH THESE SACRIFICES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.

REST IN PEACE.