THE WALL OF FACES

Maybe we met under the pecan trees at your parents' house, but I don't remember. I was 8 years old when Mama had a phone call and I remember her grief. Your parents were beloved members of her family, and all those brothers and sisters you had enlarged our circle of cousins. So many cousins.
When Mama and my sister and I visited DC, we left a gift of pecans at the memorial, from your Adkins cousins in Georgia.
Thank you for your service and the freedom we cherish.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Corporal Samuel David Barbre, Served with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Sam......Honoring you on your birthday....Never forgotten........God Bless

DEAR CORPORAL BARBRE,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT. YOU WERE BORN ON MY NAME DAY! YESTERDAY WAS VETERANS' DAY.- SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND HONOR ALL OF YOU. THANKSGIVING IS APPROACHING. WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS GUIDE YOU. REST IN PEACE.