THE WALL OF FACES

I wore his silver POW bracelet in the late sixties. I often wondered what happened to him and came across my bracelet the other day and looked him up. I was glad there was information on his accident and I am able to store my bracelet away with an excerpt of the information. Thank you for the information provided and thank you to his family for his service and his ultimate sacrifice.

I received a silver bracelet when I was 10 and wore til 1985. Til broke I cried and prayed for often along for his family. I thank him for his service and his family for the support. God bless and RIP

Thank you uncle Buris for your service I never got to meet you You were my Dads half brother and he spoke of you often Iam honored tol be your niece and so proud of all your accomplishments You were taken to soon and im still conflicted about the series of events that faithful day You will never be forgotten and now i share with my friends and family about you NEVER FORGOTTEN

I wore Colonel Burriss Begley's name on my POW bracelet and prayed for him daily. Seeing the information about him on line today, I how that my prayers and those of others during his time of capture gave him strength and comfort. This was my participation in a war I was too young to fight in. To his family, I am thankful that you received closure and he is honored. God bless you and thank you for your sacrifice.

Colonel Begley's sister was a friend of my mom. She provided me with a copy of the official DOD report, after his remains were exhumed, before a building was constructed on his burial site in North Vietnam, in the early 2000s.

I had wore his POW bracelet, as a youngster, back in the late 1960's. There had been hope that he had been captured, but as it turned out, he survived the ejection, but died as a result of equipment failure.

Colonel Bagley died as a result of a malfunction of his ejection seat. A North Vietnamese civilian, who was a witness, reported that he had landed in a clump of trees, still in his ejection seat, which was designed to separate from the pilot and parachute, but had failed to do so.

His remains were exhumed before construction on that site, and were genetically identified by the DOD, in the early 2000s. I am glad that his family finally got closure on what really happened.

Christopher J Heather, Capt., USAF-R