THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

I remember serving with Gruber in the 446th Trans. Group at Long Binh, South Vietnam. In fact, I kind of-Vaguely remember serving with him, I believe, in basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia (Harmony Church) in November and December 1966 (B-7-20): nothing but the Best Sir; was one of our chants. Then on to Fort Jackson, S.C. about February - March 1967 (light Vehicle Drivers training) only to get to Vietnam and being given a 5 ton Tractor trailer S & P with the 446th Trans. 48 Group 7th Bat. If any of this sounds familiar, to you, we were stationed together when he was shipped out of Long Binh to Da Nang. In fact we slept in the same 9 bunk tent/later metal building. I was to go with his group up there that day. However, for some reason a few of us only had lest then 90 days left in country., and our Company Commander gave all of us an option to go up north, or change companies that had not pulled out to Da Nang. I chose the 572nd, or the 10th, and perhaps the 10th company. It was a tough night for all of us after we learned the next day what happened. If we are connected with Gruber, I just want to say, I am so sorry. We had been good acquaintances.

Thank you Spec 4 Clement Gruber!

Dear Sp4 Terry Gruber,
Thank you for your service as a Heavy Vehicle Driver. 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.

Beginning at 8:30 AM on March 8, 1968, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, RVN, was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The lost Army personnel included PFC Elvin L. Allen, SP4 Clement B. Gruber, PFC Eduardo Jimenez, PFC William T. Puffenbarger, SP4 Larry R. Redmon, PFC David M. Reynolds, SP5 Marvin N. Richardson, SP4 John E. Severson, SGT James P. Singleton, and SP5 Harold E. Walker Jr. Also killed in the bombardment of Dong Ha were three U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes. The Seabee camp at Dong Ha was there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. The lost Seabees included BUL2 John W. Borders Jr., CEW2 John P. Hartledge III, and CN Eldon E. Nevins. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, gia-vuc.com, and Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command, Period Ending April 30, 1968]