THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from James Michels are touching. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

OR, my friend. It's now 55 years since your sacrifice. Just want you to know you're not forgotten. Thank you for answering your countries call to defend our American values and way of life. You are not forgotten.

Private First Class Orland Orrin Bearwald, Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Orland and I went to school and bowled together at the T&O. Didn't know he was on the US Gordon until we landed. 54 years later and I still think of you. Will never forget August 19, 1965. Always in my prayers.

PFC Orland O. Bearwald was an Infantry Operations and Intelligence Specialist serving with A Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. On August 19, 1965, PFC Bearwald was driving a military vehicle in Vietnam which was hit by hostile forces sniper fire. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and suffered lacerations of the intestines, liver, and pancreas. He was medically evacuated to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines for treatment where he died September 8, 1965. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org; obituary from the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, September 8, 1965, courtesy of Oshkosh Public Library, Oshkosh, WI]