THE WALL OF FACES

Jesse is buried at Spanish Lake (St Ann's) Cem, Natchitoches Par, LA.

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle hero’s you left behind...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heros lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers

Thank you for giving your life for your country. America would not survive today if it wasn’t for the bravery and sacrifice of dedicated men like you. You have paid the ultimate price, and I and all of Gridley High School Posting Project thank you sincerely for that sacrifice.

Leaving behind your family, friends, and personal belongings, you chose to make the ultimate sacrifice. Being part of the Gridley High School Posting Project, it is our goal for all veterans who lost their life, to have a remembrance posted. You paid the price for our freedom and us. You are truly a hero in my eyes. God bless you always.

Sincerely yours,
Jenn Ringger

America is truly grateful for your heroic actions while serving our country. You have all our thanks and appreciation. We will never forget you.