THE WALL OF FACES

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

PFC Lawrence E. Howard was a radioman serving with the 3rd 8” Howitzer Battery, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division. In the early morning of August 16, 1967, PFC Howard and others were asleep on post near Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, when at about 4:30 AM, a 2½-ton U.S. Army M548 cargo truck ran over their position. Howard was fatally injured after suffering crushing injuries to the head and chest. Another Marine with him was medically evacuated after receiving compound fractures to both legs. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Command Chronology [11th Marines]” at ttu.edu]

Dear PFC Lawrence Howard, Thank you for your service as a Radio Telegraph Operator. Your 72nd birthday is soon, happy birthday. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

We need your help! Since 1986, the students of Lake Central High School in Northwest Indiana have been researching men and women from the State of Indiana who gave their lives in the Vietnam War. We are the researchers for the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War Memorials located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Of the1621 Vietnam casualties, we have located 1100+ families as of the date of this entry. We are now researching the men and women from the State of Illinois who gave their lives in the Vietnam War. If you have any information or photos that may help please contact us at the following: [email protected]