THE WALL OF FACES

Hi! I am writing this in order to thank you for the sacrifice you made to our country. I know how hard it must have been and I know that many people could not have done what you did. You definitely were a courageous person. I know that you are greatly missed, but you will never be forgotten. I am saying this to you from everyone in Gridley, Illinois. R.I.P Crystal Alvey

Gridley High School Posting Project

I was the officer who had to tell Bob's mother and father that he had been killed in action. I never knew him, but the character of his family speaks of what a fine man he must have been. Over subsequent years I became a close friend of his mother's and I believe I helped her bear her terible burden of grief. I was changed forever by the job I had to do and by the relationship I developed with his family. I have thought of him and his family every day since he was lost.