THE WALL OF FACES

In honor of your dedication, service, and sacrifice to our Country, our Corps, and our CAP unit, on 8 August 2024 the CAP Unit Veterans Association will honor you by having a brick engraved with your name installed along the walkway of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, at the Combined Action Platoon Memorial.
Thank you for your service to our Corps and Country.
Semper Fidelis.

We never met, I was born nearly 20 years after you died, but I think of you often. As a child my dad told me stories about you and your love of animals, my favorite was always a story about a time you caught a skunk and decided to keep it as a pet. We would visit your grave in Arlington every Memorial Day.
Though I can no longer make the trip, I still think of you every year on this day.
If you were still here you would be a great uncle now. The day Grandma met my son, she brought over a baby picture of you and said he looked just like you. (It is a sentiment that has been shared by many of our relatives since.)
I suppose I write all this because I would want you to know that even though you spent only 20 short years on this earth, your kindness touched so many that you are still loved and remembered and missed generations later. Love, your niece.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your childhood neighbor Vicki Dash-Slesinski is poignant. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever....

I was a young elementary school kid who lived a few doors up from you on the other side of James Street when you died. I remember vividly the sadness that swept though our neighborhood when we learned of your passing. Thank you for your service in such difficult days. Forever in our hearts and memories.

Private First Class Donald Charles Bennett Jr., Served with Combined Action Platoon Romeo 2 (CAP Romeo-2), Combined Action Company Romeo (CACO Romeo), 3rd Combined Action Group, Combined Action Program, Third Marine Amphibious Force.