THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Sp5 Charles King, Thank you for your service as a General Vehicle Repairman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Advent, and almost Christmas. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Dear SP5 Charles Lewis King, 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

To Charles King, our 2nd-47th Brother: We who served so proudly with you want to let you know that we have established a Memorial Scholarship to honor your memory and the ultimate sacrifice that you and the other 195 brave soldiers of the 2nd-47th Mechanized Infantry made while serving our country in Vietnam in 1966-1970. Our wish is that this Memorial Scholarship conveys the highest tribute possible to each of you because it comes from the hearts of the soldiers who served with you. It represents the everlasting and inexpressible gratitude we feel for your sacrifice. We got to live the lives that you were deprived of, and this scholarship is one small way of expressing our sorrow for your loss and our appreciation for the magnitude of what you gave. Many of you brave young soldiers sacrificed your own lives to save one of us, and we have carried heartfelt memories of you for nearly four decades. This perpetual Memorial Scholarship is our way of being sure that the memories of love, honor, and respect we feel for you, our Panther Brothers lost in combat, will live on forever. [If you are a 2nd-47th veteran, or a friend or family member of one of our fallen Brothers, and would like more information about how to support or apply for our Memorial Scholarship, information is available at www.247scholarship.org ]

Charles Lewis King was living in the small farming community of Prosper, Texas, when he joined the Army in 1958 at eighteen years of age. He honorably served his country for ten years. Charles arrived in Vietnam on August 24, 1968 and was killed almost ten months later on June 4, 1969, in Long An Province. He was one of nineteen young men from my home of Collin County, Texas who did not come home from the war, and will always be remembered as a hero to us all.

Charles Lewis King was living in the small farming community of Prosper, Texas, when he joined the Army in 1958 at eighteen years of age. He honorably served his country for ten years. Charles arrived in Vietnam on August 24, 1968 and was killed almost ten months later on June 4, 1969, in Long An Province. He was one of nineteen young men from my home of Collin County, Texas who did not come home from the war, and will always be remembered as a hero to us all.