THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

During the first quarter of 1969, the 577th Engineer Battalion conducted Rome Plow land clearing operations along Highway LTL-7B from Tuy Hoa to Cheo Reo in Phu Yen Province, RVN. D Company, 16th Armor, provided security for the engineers and was the principal combat element to support the Phu Yen Provincial chiefs. They also furnished security at the Tuy Hoa North Airfield and acted as a Rapid Reaction Force. At 11:50 AM on March 2, 1969, an element from D/16th Armor was escorting a work party of 577th Engineers on LTL-7B when they were ambushed by an estimated seven to eight Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. Automatic weapons fire hit one of the vehicles, killing the driver, engineer PFC Warren L. Beacham. A second engineer was also wounded. Beacham was posthumously promoted to Corporal. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 173d Airborne Brigade, Period Ending 30 April 1969” at ttu.edu]

Corporal Warren Lee Beacham, Served with Company D, 577th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Vietnam Engineer Command, United States Army Vietnam.

Lee.......Honoring you on your birthday.....God Bless

DEAR CORPORAL BEACHAM,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A WHEELED TRACTOR OPERATOR. YOU ARE THE NEXT PERSON I WAS POSTING ON, AND IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE YOUR BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN!!! 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.