THE WALL OF FACES

I had the honor to say your name during the 40th anniversary commemoration of the Wall. May you rest in peace.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

SP5 Clarence E. Goss was a Light-Wheel Vehicle Mechanic serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Throughout its service in Vietnam, the 4th Infantry Division conducted combat operations ranging from the western Central Highlands along the border between Cambodia and Vietnam to Qui Nhon on the South China Sea. On November 22, 1968, Goss was at his unit’s base camp in Pleiku Province, RVN, when he died in an accidental discharge incident. Reportedly, Goss was critically wounded when another individual’s weapon inadvertently fired. He was taken to a military hospital and later expired. Goss was posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org; obituary from the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), December 8, 1968, courtesy of Perri Pyle, Library & Archives, Arizona Historical Society]

Dear Ssgt Clarence Goss,
Thank you for your service as a Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic. 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.

My grandma always told me stories of him (her brother)