THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your friend Glenna Burns Tompkins is touching. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Staff Sergeant Lawrence Ray Barns, Served with Company A, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Larry, you were such a kind young man, and I cherished our friendship. I still think of you often.

DEAR STAFF SERGEANT BARNS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE. ADVENT IS HERE, AND CHRISTMAS IS APPROACHING. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE..

Dear SSGT Lawrence Ray Barns, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter