THE WALL OF FACES

i served with you in the 147 aviation btn in can tho rvn. i enjoyed the time spent together. i remember your brother when he arrived at cantho. it was hard for me when i found out.

I am honored to still wear your bracelet and display your picture in my home.May you rest in peace Michael and you are not forgotten..

I was Michael's roommate in 1971 for about 3-4 months before he was killed in 1971. Like Michael, I was a Chinook crewmember and we often flew together. We hit it off as friends right away and I think one reason was because neither Michael nor I drank or took drugs. I learned a lot about being a crewchief and flight engineer from Michael. I bragged about Alabama football and he bragged about Indiana basketball. I named one of my sons after Michael.

Michael,
I have never met you, but we share the same last name. I am quite confident that our families are not related, or at least not close enough that we would have had the chance to know one another. I teach 8th grade American history at Crestview Middle School in Convoy, Ohio (Van Wert County.) Each year, I challenge my students to find a relative or someone with a similar name on the wall so that they may do a rubbing and feel a connection. Each year, I visit the wall and find your name. I know where your panel and name lie on the wall, but I make myself look you up in the directory as part of a ritual of thanks for your service to our country. I keep those rubbings in my classroom and mention you to my students before we leave for our annual trip. I'll see you again in May 2015. We'll be thinking of you here in Convoy. Rest in peace, soldier.

I am honored,I wear your bracelet and adopted you through the National League of Families of prisoners and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia.I feel honored that I met your father and he gave me a wonderful army picture of you and I went to Muncie Southside High School and saw sports pictures of you.I feel in my heart I know you and you are NOT forgotten!