THE WALL OF FACES

Gerald is buried at Jefferson Barracks Nat Cem, St Louis,MO.

Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Gerald Robert Abbenhaus, Jr., 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 PFC Gerald Robert Abbenhaus, Jr., for a job well done!

REST IN ETERNAL PEACE MY MARINE FRIEND

Thank you for giving the Ultimate sacrifice for our country, it was a brave act that will not be forgotten and was not in vain. Thank you

He had a zest for life, but his song was briefly sung. And the bugle blew the saddest song, but the sun, it shone so bright. It seemed to be heart's midnight, though the world was filled with light. And we saw him to his resting place, too early and too young.( to a brave young man, who suffered greatly and died from his wounds -R I P)

Goodbye, America's heroes, we have shamefully failed to stand by you, for all the wrong reasons, which had tempted us aside! Now, we must pay the price for letting those who survived down, as well knowing some who didn't have to die, have died! We must honor them, every day when we see their names upon the Wall! And from every corner of the land, they answered to the Call! Every soldier, sailor , airman, and MARINE and Coast Guardsman, too...they all gave their lives so we could live beneath the Old Red, White, and Blue. For those who've gone before, we say "WELL DONE! Be thou at peace!" We salute this fine Marine whose devotion to DUTY...whose devotion to HONOR...and ABOVE ALL!...whose devotion to God and our COUNTRY...the land that he loved...the land of the Free and the home of the Brave...will never...I say again, will NEVER be extinguished from our minds!