THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to or country so long ago sir. That you died so close to your end of tour is especially tragic. Rest in eternal peace.

Today would have been your 73rd Birthday. You are the bravest man I have ever known. I love and miss you more than I can express.

Your sister, Trudy Bothum

Sergeant Thomas Howard Bergren, Served with the 116th Assault Helicopter Company, 269th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

ONE BRAVE MAN SITTING IN THAT SKID AS A DOOR GUNNER. YOU HAD LESS THAN 30 DAYS LEFT IN THAT COUNTRY. THAT DIDN'T LET THAT STOP YOU YOU WERE NEEDED AND YOU DID WHAT WAS NEEDED.REST IN PEACE.

DEAR SERGEANT BERGREN,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A FLIGHT QUALIFIED GRUNT. IT IS 2017, WHICH MAKES IT FAR TOO LONG FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. IT IS ALSO PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE.