THE WALL OF FACES

On the remembrance of your 72nd birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Forever 18.

Welcome home, Marine.

Semper Fi.

Dear Lcpl John Killen, Thank you for your service as an Engineer Equipment Mechanic. You were recently found. Welcome home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Advent, and we are beginning our preparations. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Picked your name 37 years ago as you were from my home state and a fellow marine in nam at the same time I was. Will be leaving your bracelet that I have worn all those years at the wall this week. Semper Fidelis! Welcome home at last.

Picked your name 37 years ago as you were from my home state and a fellow marine in nam at the same time I was. Will be leaving your bracelet that I have worn all those years at the wall this week. Semper Fidelis! Welcome home at last.

September 21, 2018 - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the remains of three U.S. Marines killed when their helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that the remains of the three men will be buried as a group with full military honors next Thursday. The three men are: Capt. John A. House II, of Pelham, New York; Lance Cpl. John D. Killen III, of Davenport, Iowa; and Cpl. Glyn L. Runnels Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama.
The Pentagon says their remains were identified in March 2017.
Military officials say House, the oldest at 28, was the pilot of the Sea Knight helicopter that crashed after being hit by enemy fire on June 30, 1967. Four others also were killed, including 18-year-old Killen and 21-year-old Runnels.