THE WALL OF FACES

Three solders, CPL Gerald Habecker, SGT Henry Holder and SFC Joseph Moore were killed and SP4 Benny Davis was wounded at LZ South BS78812 at 1415H, from a booby trapped 105mm artillery round, SP4 Davis was dust off to 27th Surgery unit. He passed on 23 January 1969.

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 Sgt Henry Holder, Thank you for your service as a Combat Engineer. Next week is Independence Day, and there is no better time to honor you. Please watch over the USA, it still needs your strength. Rest in peace with the angels.

Hank, we shared about four years of MYF together. I was a year older than you. Chuck, Kyle and I were South San class of '65. So there was a lot of High School joking and competition. I remember you as a happy-go-lucky, high school teenager ... never got to know you as the man who went to war.

I knew Hank as we both lived in San Antonio and both loved lifting weights. He went to Holmes High and I, to Jefferson High. I have a most pleasant visual that has remained embossed in my head. We used the gym at Lackland AFB, I was always there by myself but Hank worked out with his dad and they were quite a partnership and I loved that. It was something most special between son and dad. I went to Vietnam as a Marine in 1967 so I lost rack of Hank learning later that he enlisted in the Army. I felt genuine grief and deep sympathy for how his dad took his son's loss. I am so sorry for the family who lost a son who was a genuine hero. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY, HANK. REST IN PEACE.