THE WALL OF FACES

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

Dear Cpl Brent Jones, Thank you for your service as a Field Artillery Basic. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It's almost Columbus Day. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Corporal Brent R. Jones, Served with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 40th Artillery Regiment, 108th Artillery Group, Twenty-Fourth Corps, United States Army Vietnam.

On Memorial Day, May 30, 2016 you will be remembered and honored for your service at the dedication of Idaho's Vietnam War Memorial in Veterans Memorial Park by the VVA, Chapter 1025.

LCPL Stephen L. Zobel (Headquarters Battery/12th Marines) and CPL Brent R. Jones and SGT David E. Lemcke (both 1st Battalion/40th Artillery Army) were in the ammunition bunker at FSB Alpha 1 on May 21, 1968 when for unknown reasons a fire erupted in the bunker. All three personnel perished in the inferno. The fire caused the “cooking off” of scores of small arms rounds and grenades which hindered firefighting and recovery of the remains of personnel inside. A later investigation revealed that the fire was started when an illumination flare and grenade were detonated by the accidental discharge of a rifle which was being cleaned by an individual in the bunker. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]