THE WALL OF FACES

PFC Mark S. Behrent was a medic with Headquarters & Headquarters Troop (HHT), 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, I Field Force, U.S. Army Republic of Vietnam. On April 29, 1970, six weeks after arriving in Vietnam, Behrent sustained a critical head injury from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot while in the vicinity of Song Mao Air Filed in Binh Thuan Province, RVN. Following treatment in military hospitals, he was medically evacuated in a coma to the Great Lakes Naval Hospital in North Chicago, IL, where he expired early on the morning of June 16, 1970. Behrent was nineteen years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Tribute: Class hasn’t forgotten him.” The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), August 3, 1988, courtesy of Colette Lunday Brautigam, Digital Collections Librarian, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI; obituary from The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), June 16, 1970, courtesy of Jenny at Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI]

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your parents is especially poignant and reflects the anguish experienced by so many who lost loved ones in this war. May you rest in eternal peace.

Thank you PFC Mark Sylvester Behrent for volunteering to serve our country in a dangerous time, in a dangerous job, in a far and dangerous place. He served as a Medical NCO (Combat Medic) and was assigned to the 2ND SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, I FIELD FORCE.
See http://www.virtualwall.org/db/BehrentMS01a.htm

PFC Mark S. Behrent was a medic with Headquarters & Headquarters Troop (HHT), 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, I Field Force, U.S. Army, Republic of Vietnam. On April 29, 1970, while in Binh Thuan Province, RVN, Behrent was critically injured by a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. After treatment in Vietnam, he was medically evacuated in a coma to the Great Lakes Naval Hospital in North Chicago, IL, where he expired early on the morning of June 16, 1970. Behrent was nineteen years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Tribute: Class hasn’t forgotten him.” The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), August 3, 1988, courtesy of Colette Lunday Brautigam, Digital Collections Librarian, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI; obituary from The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), June 16, 1970, courtesy of Jenny at Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI]

Taken from The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI), August 3, 1988, courtesy of Colette Lunday Brautigam, Digital Collections Librarian, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI.