THE WALL OF FACES

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

SFC Jack M. Lisle was a Radio Direction Finder Operator serving with the 3rd Radio Research Unit, Army Security Group Vietnam. Radio Research Units operated in Vietnam under the direction of the U.S. Army Security Agency and conducted classified missions. Their work included intercepting Morse code and voice communications of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army, then forwarding the captured intelligence to division commanders in pursuit of their tactical war-fighting operations. Lisle, a World War II and Korean War veteran, suffered a health crisis while serving in Vietnam, and on December 30, 1962, was admitted to the 8th Field Hospital in Nha Trang, RVN, in seriously ill condition. He died two days later on January 1st from inflammation of the bowel with perforation, septicemia (blood poisoning), necrosis of the liver, and traverse colitis (inflammation of the large intestine). Lisle was 39 years old. His body was forwarded to Clark Air Base Mortuary in the Philippines where Graves Registration personnel prepared the remains for shipment back to his family in the United States. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org; “Tallahassee GI Is Dead in Viet Nam.” Publication and date unknown]

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Dear SFC Jack Lisle, Thank you for your service as a Radio Direction Finder Operator. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Today is the 245th anniversary of Lexington & Concord. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Sergeant First Class Jack McBride Lisle, Served with the 3rd Radio Research Unit, United States Army Security Group Vietnam, Military Assistance Advisory Group Vietnam (MAAGV).