THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from Joseph DiDonato is touching. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever...

Specialist Four Anthony John Belletti, Served with the 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Remembered Classmate from Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

From "The Morning Call", Allentown, Pennsylvania, Saturday, 26 October, p.19 cc. 5-7

Anthony went to Our Lady of Pompeii/Holy Rosary Church and School. A good Catholic boy. He was one grade above me, same as my older brother.

My thoughts were with Tony Belletti this past Memorial Day.
I met Tony only one time and that meeting was less than five minutes.
Prior to being drafted into the army Tony worked as an apprentice draftsman at Bethlehem Contracting Company.
After Tony left and went into the military I was hired and took his place.
After basic training and prior to shipping out Tony stopped by to visit with all the guys in the drawing room.
We were introduced, exchanged pleasantries and I wished him luck.
That was the last time we all saw him.
Tony made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
I was a couple of years younger than Tony.
The government created a lottery and I was given a high draft number.
I never served but I have all the respect and greatest regards for those who did.
I've have a long career in the structural steel business over these many years.
I have wonderful wife, two children and six grandchildren.
I thought about Tony many times over the years and I never forgot him.
Thank you my friend for your sacrifice and may God bless you.

Ed Kittek