THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifce is not forgotten.

HOOAH

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Your Silver Star award attests to your courage and devotion to your fellow soldiers. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

James Mathew Kelly was awarded posthumously the Silver Star (Coffelt Database).

Dear Sp4 James Kelly, Thank you for your service as a Medical NCO. Thank you for the lives you saved. Your 53rd anniversary just passed, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. We are approaching Thanksgiving. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

I was JM’s unit chaplain. I stayed in the field & he and I shared a “tent” together his last night. A battle broke out the next morning. JM was killed almost instantly. When his body was brought back to command center, I helped place him on an evacuation helicopter. Six years later, I visited his mother in Atmore, AL. I got to know JM rather well before he was killed. He died a hero and was awarded the Silver Star.