THE WALL OF FACES

Sp4 Leon Adams is buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park - Section Garden of Prayer Lawn.

My name is Stephen Bell Leon volunteered to drive an APC three days before DEROS. He was severely wounded by an RPG during a sustained firefight in a rubber plantation. I tried to help him. He died three days later. We dug a lot of holes together and talked a lot. He was a kind person who never shirked his duty and was always willing to lend a hand. God Bless him and the family he left behind..

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910

Specialist Four Leon Henry Adams, Served with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

I was 4 years old when you died. Your picture sits in my cubicle at work. You gave your life while saving others on a mission you volunteered for so your unit didn't go out shorthanded. Forever 19, forever missed.