THE WALL OF FACES

Remember to save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go...

Dear Captain Edward La Pierre, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Fighter Pilot. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. For many of us, we have begun Lent. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

On June 12, 1967, a USAF F-4C Phantom II (#64-0662) from the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Rahn Bay was shot down by ground fire during a close air support mission while attacking a Viet Cong storage complex near Truc Giang, Kien Hoa Province, RVN, in the Mekong Delta. Both crewmen, CAPT Edward A. La Pierre and 1LT Lawrence J. Silver, were killed in the incident. [Taken from ejection-history.org.uk and cgibin.rcn.com]

Dear Captain Edward Arthur La Pierre, 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, Sir

Curt Carter

Edward is buried at Saint Theresas Cemetery, Burrillville, Providence County, RI.