THE WALL OF FACES

Roger Kelley was a Marine that went to El Cajon Valley high school and to Mountain Empire high school. His freshmen and sophomore year he went to Mountain Empire and he transferred to El Cajon Valley his junior year. He graduated from El Cajon Valley high school; he was very active in sports, played basketball and football and took auto shop all four years of high school. We lost him in 1967. Thank you for protecting our country, we appreciate you. You’ll always be remembered.

Roger is buried at Neuvo Memorial Gardens in Ramona, CA.

Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Roger Virgil Kelley, for your courageous and valiant service, faithful contribution, and your most holy sacrifice given to this great country of ours!

Your Spirit is alive--and strong, therefore Marine, you shall never be forgotten, nor has your death been in vain!

Again, thank you LCPL R.V. Kelley, for a job well done!

REST IN ETERNAL PEACE MY MARINE FRIEND

A FATHER, BROTHER, COUSIN, UNCLE, DAUGHTER OR A SON,
DOES IT MATTER REALLY - A WAR LOST OR WON?
AT REST IN HOMETOWN CEMETERIES, OR PERHAPS A FOREIGN SHORE,
HOW WE LONG TO HEAR THEIR VOICES, IF ONLY JUST ONCE MORE.
THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, MADE FOR YOU AND FOR ME,
SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE, AND ALWAYS REMAIN FREE.
MAY THEY REST ETERNALLY IN YOUR CARE, OH DEAR LORD WE PRAY,
REMEMBER THEM TODAY AND ALWAYS...AND ON MEMORIAL DAY.

DEAR ROGER, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE ALL ENJOYING OUR WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. 1964 WAS A GREAT YEAR TO GRADUATE FROM EL CAJON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE FUTURE WAS VERY UNCERTAIN FOR MANY OF US DUE TO THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. WE LOST YOU IN 1967 IN QUANG TRI AND WE LOST ALLAN MORTENSEN IN 1969 IN LONG KHAHN, AND IN 1969, I LOST MY COUSIN, CHARLES LOWERY IN PLEIKU. THE WALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS BROUGHT MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER AND HAS HELPED TO HEAL SO MANY. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU WILL FOREVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND ALL THE OTHERS IN HIS TENDER AND LOVING CARE UNTIL WE ALL MEET AGAIN. AS EVER, DONNA.