THE WALL OF FACES

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your son Gary is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Army Sgt. James C. Baxter, 24, former Rockford resident, was killed in Vietnam in late August while serving with the 4th Infantry Division. He had been in Vietnam since Jan. 5. Sgt. Baxter in survived by his widow, Valarie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. White, 3325 Collins St.; a son, Gary James, who was born after his father went to Vietnam; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Baxter, Dover, Fla., five brothers and one sister. Services were held in Dover. Fla., Aug. 12, with burial there.

DEAR SERGEANT BAXTER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT. CHRISTMAS IS HERE.AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU. THE NEW YEAR IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, WHICH MAKES IT FAR TOO LONG FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE.

dad , I never met you , but i have always felt something missing in my life, without you.
I have always wondered , and wandered trying to find out who i am because you never came home.
i love you
love
Dr Gary James Swampfox Baxter