THE WALL OF FACES

Private First Class Philip Falcona Gaines, Served with Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, United States Army Vietnam.

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's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

Richard Hulse and Scot Pardee (third from left and far left) both killed in an aircraft accident in March 1970.
B battery 4/77th FA (ARA) 101st Abn Div

Dear PFC Philip Gaines,
Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Happy Halloween. 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.

This Memorial Day marks the 50th anniversary of our service in Vietnam. Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul....and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother. You are FOREVER REMEMBERED.

Joe (Doc) De Frank
B, 1/6, 198th LIB
Americal Div
1st Plt Medic
RVN 1967-68