THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you died just two days after your 20th birthday is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

Dear PFC Charles Osborne, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Hate that you passed 2 days after your birthday, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Lent has begun. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

I can only vaguely remember seeing him a couple of times at our home in West Virginia. I always cherished a letter that arrived in 1966 after his death in which he mentioned me and my brother and asked about us. I will always remember him.

Semper Fi Marine.

Dear PFC Charles Edward Osborne, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter