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.

I was Bob’s Squad Leader and the other 3 guys who died for 3 months. My tour was finished and I was flying home on the day of the horrific incident. I was spared; but I have guilt that perhaps with my experience of 10 months in the field I might have prevented this tragedy. Bob, Every March 20 , Joe and I remember you and cry.

Dear Cpl Robert Martin, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Independence Day is this weekend, but an usual one. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

PFC Thomas E. Kingsley, PVT Vernon G. Love, PFC Robert P. Martin Jr., and PFC Rick E. McFarland were infantrymen serving with 2nd Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. On March 20, 1971, they were on a military mission in Bien Hoa Province, RVN, when an automatic (mechanical) explosive device placed by a friendly force was detonated. The four soldiers were killed by the blast. Love was posthumously promoted to Private First Class, and Kingsley, Martin, and McFarland were promoted to Corporal. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Dear CPL Robert Phillips Martin Jr, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter