THE WALL OF FACES

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.

As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Lance Corporal Isiah Baker, III was the son of Mazerine M. Miller and Isiah Baker Jr. (Deceased) of New Orleans, LA. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 8, 1963 in New Orleans, LA. LCpl Baker was a Marine Rifleman, age 23, born November 26, 1942, from New Orleans, LA. LCpl Baker arrived in Vietnam and with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), III MAF, FMFPac. On March 4, Operation UTAH was launched under the command of Task Force Delta in the Son Thinh District of Quang Ngai Province where the Marines would encounter elements of the 21st NVA Regiment. On D-day 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conducted a helicopter assault near the Chau Ngai complex of villages and was heavily engaged with a regiment of NVA regulars near Hill 50 and Hill 35. Elements of F Company and H Company were overrun but were able to recover and consolidate to a night position near Chau Ngai 4. By the end of D-Day, 2/7 counted 94 enemy KIA and estimated 63 WIA. Friendly losses were 44 KIA and 84 WIA. An additional 20+ persons received minor wounds and were not evacuated. The next day, 5 March, the battle moved to the North and 2/7 cleaned up the battlefields from the day before, recovering the dead, and clearing out caves and bunkers. On March 4, 1966, LCpl Baker was killed in action dying outright from enemy gunshot wounds. LCpl Baker is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum, New Orleans, Louisiana and is honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 05E, Line 099.

Lance Corporal Baker was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor for his exemplary courage under fire while serving with G Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Marines. 3rd Marine Division.

Lance Corporal Isiah Baker III, Served with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

DEAR LANCE CORPORAL BAKER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT. SEMPER FI.
HALLOWEEN IS APPROACHING, AND ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS' DAYS - THE DAYS WE HONOR THOSE WHO LEFT US. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS GUIDE YOU. REST IN PEACE.