THE WALL OF FACES

Seaman Barry Morris Barber was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, with Combat Distinguishing Device (V), for his sustained outstanding and heroic meritorious service and achievement. He served as a Seaman and was assigned to T-152-10, RIV ASLT SQDN 15, TF 117.
See https://navy.togetherweserved.com/

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from Lisa Humphries is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Memorial Day Remembrance.
"The Letterman Sweater" By Lisa Ann Humphries
Last year when my father died, I became the recipient of an item he had saved since the 1960s. My dad was a delivery man for Sparkletts Water Company when he was a young husband and father, which probably saved him from going to Vietnam. The Vietnam war was during that time. One of his customers on his route, were parents of a young high school graduate and soldier who had died during the war. Their only son, named Barry Barber, who had attended Las Vegas High School. was killed in this horrible war. Because my Dad was about the age of their son who died, they took a liking to my Dad. They gave their son's letterman sweater to my Dad. He kept it for all of these years, because it meant something to him. An era, a sentimentality, a duty not to throw it away, and a duty to remember not only the young man and his parents, but also his many high school buddies who died in the war.
Now I have been bestowed with this sweater which represents the innocence of youth lost, sacrifice, a mother's and father's grief of losing their only son...the price of my freedom. Rremembering is the least I can do. Thank you to all of the fallen soldiers, and to their families who paid the price of immeasurable grief.

Seaman Barry Morris Barber, Served aboard Armored Troop Carrier 152-10 (ATC 152-10), River Assault Squadron 15, Task Force 117 (TF-117), United States Naval Forces Vietnam.

DEAR SEAMAN BARBER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A SEAMAN, IT BUGS ME THAT YOU DIED IN THE SAME MONTH AS YOUR BIRTH, SIGH. WATCH OVER AMERICA. IT STILL NEEDS YOUR GRACE. TODAY IS VETERANS' DAY.- SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND HONOR ALL OF YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS GUIDE YOU. REST IN PEACE.
HAPPY VETERANS' DAY.