THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your brother Lawerence is moving and reflects his enduring love for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

Dear Cpl Joseph McNeil, Thank you for your service as an Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Tomorrow was Labor Day. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

CPL Joseph D. McNeil was an Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman serving with 2nd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Amtrac Battalion, 1st Marine Division. At approximately 5:50 PM on May 31, 1968, CPL McNeil was returning from an LVT (amphibious armored fighting vehicle) of 2nd Platoon, B/3rd Amtrac to his own LVT when he was struck by lightning in the ROK (Republic of Korea) Marines Command Post area. He was spotted immediately by other Amtrac personnel who came to his aid. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was administered while a medivac was called. McNeil flown to the Naval Support Hospital at Da Nang where he was dead on arrival. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

The oil painting is of the Memorial rock and flag pole established for Joseph D McNeil at Turner's Pond in Milton. The painting was done for Milton's 350th anniversary. Joseph's Mom faithful tended to the bulb and geranium flowers at the base of the rock, until her death this summer (2012.)

Cpl. Joseph Daniel McNeil, USMC: A Remembrance by Lawrence C. McNeil, Jr.

To view the full remembrance go to:

http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.org/Sampler/