THE WALL OF FACES

In 1991 I was a seventh grader from Pittsford, New York, and my class went on a trip to DC. While there, near the Vietnam veterans memorial wall, I was given a bracelet. Each bracelet had a name of a service member who was missing in action or a prisoner of war. My bracelet had the name of Calvin Charles Glover. I found his name on the Vietnam memorial wall and did an etching of it. I have always kept this bracelet, and his name has been a name that just always was with me through my life (I am now 46). I prayed for him time to time or thought of who he may be. Recently I thought hey it’s modern day technology I wonder if I looked him up I could see who he was. This was a few months ago. After doing so I realized that he was found back in 2009. while I wish the circumstances were different, it was still peaceful to know that he had been located. And also that after all these years, I could put a face to the name that I had always kept. Today I am currently visiting DC with my family on April break. I went to the wall once again, and found his name, but this time, knowing that he had been found. God bless him and God bless your family. I will always keep him as a part of my journey in this life, someone I never met, but somehow our paths have crossed.

I heard stories about you my entire life. Your shadow box hung in my bedroom when i was a boy. It was handed down to me by my grandmother, your mother, Alice Montgomery. I remember when they found you in 2009, I was 15. My dad and my grandmother went for DNA testing to confirm that you had been found. My grandmother carried you in her heart her entire life. It brought her peace when you came home. I have always admired you and even without meeting you I have loved you. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. And thank you to all the people who have written about my uncle. I wish my grandmother was alive to see how many people admired her son. RIP CMSGT Calvin Charles Glover, you will always be remembered.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. I am heartened you returned home though I wish it had been under very different circumstances. May you rest in eternal peace.

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Chief Master Sergeant Calvin Charles Glover, Served with the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, 7th Air Force.