THE WALL OF FACES

A portion of Sepulveda Boulevard/State Highway Route 1 in El Segundo near Los Angeles International Airport has been dedicated to the residents of Los Angeles County who served in Vietnam. This section of highway is now designated the Los Angeles County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. Adopted by the California State Legislature in 2000, the highway honors the more than 350,000 California veterans who served in the Vietnam War, including the 5,822 killed or missing in action. Los Angeles County has the largest number of Vietnam veterans in California and 1,857 of its residents were killed or missing in action during that war. This memorial corridor provides a fitting and proper way for the residents of Los Angeles County to express their gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices these Vietnam veterans have made for their country.

Hello my name is Drew Bunting and I am this remembrance as part of the Gridley High School Posting Project. I am sure that world would be a better place if this gentlemen would have been able to return home to the ones that loved him and to the ones that he himself must have felt very close to.

My name is Jesse MacDonald, and as part of the Gridley High School posting project, I am taking this time to let the families of fallen Vietnam veterans know that their loved ones are not forgotten. You sacrificed your life for me, sir, and the rest of my family, friends, and my nation. Your family can rest assured, sir, that you may be gone, but you will never, never be forgotten.

Brave Soldier, as part of the Gridley High School Posting Project in Gridley, Illinois I would like to recognize the supreme sacrifice that you made for this country. Even though I never knew you, your dedication will undoubtedly give me courage in the years to come to face whatever comes my way. You will never be forgotten.

Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Maxim Charles Parker, for your courageous and valiant service, years of faithfully contributing, and your most holy sacrifice given to this great country of ours!

Your Spirit is alive--and strong, therefore Sir, you shall never be forgotten, nor has your death been in vain!

Again, thank you Lieutenant M.C. Parker, for a job well done!

Welcome home Sir!

REST IN ETERNAL PEACE MY MARINE FRIEND