THE WALL OF FACES

Isaac is buried at Golden Gate Nat Cem.

This posting is part of the Gridley High School Posting Project in Gridley, Illinois. On behalf of the student body of my school, I would like to thank you for your individual sacrifice for your country. You will not be forgotten

My name is Jesse MacDonald, and I am a senior in Gridley High School, in Gridley, Illinois. As part of the Gridley High School posting project, I would like to take this time to show my pride for the fighting men of this country, past and present. You may not have agreed with this war. You may have hated the idea that the country became involved in it at all. But when your country called, you put aside your personal feelings and answered the call, completely selflessly, and gave your life for her. You sacrificed your life for me, sir, and the rest of my family, friends, and my nation. Your family can rest assured, sir, that you may be gone, but you will never, never be forgotten.

It should not be forgotten that Eddie died a hero's death. He received the Silver Star for the action in which he was killed.

Shortly before he shipped out, he told me he didn't think he was going to come home. He believed he would be killed. I was out of the service just two years and had seen something of Vietnam. I dismissed what he said as the shipping-out jitters, but I now believe he really knew.

Eddie wasn't happy when his national guard unit got activated for Vietnam. He told me later how there was talk of mutiny among the unhappy national guard troops who had been sent to Ft. Lewis, WA for pre-deployment training. They didn't want any part of that war. I don't believe Eddie did either, really, but what Eddie did was to put duty to family and country before his own interests. He believed in answering the call even if he was not enthusiastic about the war itself.