THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. And a special thanks to the students of Gridley High School for their efforts to honor our heroes.

Private First Class Douglas Edward Atwood, Served with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

PFC Douglas E. Atwood was assigned to C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Artillery, 1st Infantry Division. PFC Atwood’s military occupation specialty labeled him a “Pioneer,” a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. On October 9, 1967, Atwood died in Binh Long Province, RVN, as the result of a gunshot wound after he was accidently shot by another individual during a weapons inspection. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

DEAR PFC ATWOOD,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A PIONEER. WE ARE CELEBRATING COLUMBUS DAY, AND THE DISCOVERY THAT LED TO US BEING IN AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING AMERICA. REST IN PEACE.

Dear PFC Douglas Edward Atwood, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter