THE WALL OF FACES

On the remembrance of your birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Forever 18.

Semper Fi, Marine.

John, we went horse back riding the week before you went to Nam. I think of you often. I visited your name on the wall one February 25 years after your death with six inches of snow on the ground. I went at 3AM, because, as a fellow vet, I thought there would be no on to see me grieve at your name. I was wrong. There were more than a hundred others.

John - it seems like Memorial Day rolls around faster with each passing year. You and your family remain in my thoughts and prayers regularly and you are always remembered - always. Semper Fi.

I did not know John but I am friends with someone who was there. I make it a point to pay respects to John and his sacrifice whenever we go to Arlington. God bless John in heaven and family. May America never forget him.

DEAR PFC AVELLEYRA,
THANKS FOR BEING A GRUNT. SEMPER FI. WE ARE CELEBRATING COLUMBUS DAY, AND THE DISCOVERY THAT LED TO US BEING IN AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING AMERICA. REST IN PEACE.