HONORED ON PANEL 6E, LINE 96 OF THE WALL
MARION FRANKLIN ACTON
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MARION F ACTON
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6E/96
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LEFT FOR MARION FRANKLIN ACTON
POSTED ON 4.7.2006
POSTED BY: Garnet Cooke
Your song
April 11, 2006
Dear Frank,
It is hard to believe it's already been a year since I went to Viet Nam to play the song "Sweet Home Alabama" to honor you, at what I'd hoped was the battlesite. I know the song came out after you had given the supreme sacrifice, but I always think of you when I hear it. I will not forget my saddness over the loss of the jungle and the way you and the guys made it seem like one for me, with the undulating roar of the crickets alternating with the invisible jungle birds throughout the music. I found myself chuckling through my tears and my guide saying he's taken biologists into the National Parks and NEVER heard it sounding anything like that!
While it turns out that I wasn't exactly at the battlesite I was where I was supposed to be. As the music played that local man approached and said there were five American graves in front of where I sat...So I await word from JPAC on their findings.
I will not forget you or your sacrifice! Thank you for an amazing journey!
Respectfully,
Garnet
Dear Frank,
It is hard to believe it's already been a year since I went to Viet Nam to play the song "Sweet Home Alabama" to honor you, at what I'd hoped was the battlesite. I know the song came out after you had given the supreme sacrifice, but I always think of you when I hear it. I will not forget my saddness over the loss of the jungle and the way you and the guys made it seem like one for me, with the undulating roar of the crickets alternating with the invisible jungle birds throughout the music. I found myself chuckling through my tears and my guide saying he's taken biologists into the National Parks and NEVER heard it sounding anything like that!
While it turns out that I wasn't exactly at the battlesite I was where I was supposed to be. As the music played that local man approached and said there were five American graves in front of where I sat...So I await word from JPAC on their findings.
I will not forget you or your sacrifice! Thank you for an amazing journey!
Respectfully,
Garnet
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POSTED ON 10.28.2003
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer
More Than A Name On A Wall
Here is a link to a website that has the Statler Brothers performing their song More Than A Name On A Wall.It was performed at The Wall during a special remembrance day. I could just leave the lyrics but I feel it's better to hear the words. They speak to each of us who come here to remember our fallen brothers and sisters.
http://www.geocities.com/grannys_world/thewall.html
http://www.geocities.com/grannys_world/thewall.html
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POSTED ON 9.11.2003
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer
NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER
It's said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for family, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers.
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 sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
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 sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
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POSTED ON 10.28.2001
POSTED BY: Jerry M. Wilbanks
THANKS FRANK
Its been almost 40 yrs since we sweated it out in Mrs. Nagle's seventh grade science class at Joe Bradley School. We were just a couple of kids from the Huntsville Park mill village in those days and we certainly had no idea what the future might hold for either of us. The last time I saw you was at the restaurant where you worked on Memorial Parkway (don't even remember the name of it.) You were your regular, joking, fun-loving self and that's how I will always remember you. I lost track of you, Frank, but during high school I heard that you had enlisted (RA all the way!) I volunteered myself in the fall of 1967, but by then we had all heard that you were gone....swallowed up in that tragic war that we understood so little about. I was trained as an Army air defense radar operator (16C20) and did my overseas tour in Germany. I and many of your old friends have remembered and spoken about you often. We'll never forget what you did for us and for your country. I have a photo of the part of the Vietnam Memorial Wall that shows your name. We are very proud. I won't make this too long, Frank. Just wanted to say "Hey." Love you, man. God bless. Thanks again for taking the big risks for your family, friends and country. Your Friend, Jerry M. Wilbanks
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POSTED ON 6.1.1999
POSTED BY: Charlie Epperson
My Buddy Acton!
Acton, I remember you never had a clean change of uniform even the day you died, you were wearing my clothes. How close can any two people be when they exchange clothes and all they have. You made us all laugh, you were the company clown, but you were also a good soldier and friend.
Sadly missed,
Charlie Epperson
God's with you bro!
June 1, 1999
Sadly missed,
Charlie Epperson
God's with you bro!
June 1, 1999
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