THE WALL OF FACES

On July 8, 1963, the U.S. Air Force’s 33rd Tactical Group was activated in Vietnam. Its mission was to maintain and operate support facilities at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon, RVN. It was equipped primarily with cargo aircraft. The 33rd Tactical Group performed administrative and maintenance tasks and set up detachments at smaller, outlying airfields. MSGT Matthew N. Harris Jr. was a medical service technician assigned to the Group’s 33rd USAF Dispensary. On May 28, 1965, Harris died in Saigon after he reportedly shot himself with a .38 caliber revolver. A veteran with sixteen years of service, he was thirty-four years old. Harris left a wife and son. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and vvmf.org]

You served since you were 18...two wars for our country.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

Some may think you are forgotten
Though on earth you are no more
But in our memory you are with us
As you always were before….

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

Master Sergeant Matthew Nathanial Harris Jr., Served with the 33rd United States Air Force Dispensary, 33rd Tactical Group, 2nd Air Division, 13th Air Force.