THE WALL OF FACES

Private First Class Randall John Gustafson, Served with I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, United States Army Vietnam.

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.

Dear PFC Randall Gustafson,
Thank you for your service as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. 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.

Memorial Day 2008
Forty Years Later
Dedicated to PFC Randall J. Gustafson
2/02/1947 -02/14/1968
Binh Duong, South VietNam

If God be the music
Let me stop to listen to the symphony

If life be a song
Let me sing it with my whole heart

If love be a tear
Let me sob with tears of joy and sorrow
For God has a special vial just for me.

If a soldier be the instrument of liberty
Let my voice ring out in honor to his memory

If a soldier sacrifices his life
Let it be for God, country and his fellow man
For no greater love can be given

If death be the dirge to awaken our souls
Let Christ be our peace and our hope

If memories be the key to my heart
Let them be cherished
For those who have fallen,
Know the memories are alive and well
And kept next to my vial of tears

If honor and duty be the trumpets of angels
Let it be heard as the battle cry of heroes
Shouting from the heavens
With some called home to sit at the right hand of God.

If courage be a soldiers heart beat
Let its rhythm give him strength
And life for one more day

If gratitude be a light to the soldiers path
Let it shine brightly on his face
And warm him while he is away

If a prayer be the path
Let it travel straight to you

Dear PFC Randall John Gustafson, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter