THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Specialist 5 Ahart ~ You Are Not Forgotten!
Today, on the anniversary of your passing, I ran a mile with you in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in Peace, dear brother.
Each year since September 2015, at the annual 5th Division Army reunion, members of the Society of the Fifth Division, U.S Army remember the 514 soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, who were Killed in Action in Vietnam. You are among the soldiers remembered. You Are Not Forgotten!

Phil “LT Mike” Maniscalco
Society of the 5th Division, U.S. Army
Delta Company 1/11 Infantry
Vietnam Sept 1968- Sept 1969

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will never die...

Specialist Five William Junior Ahart, Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

SSGT Raymond A. May, PFC Manuel A. D. Tavares, and SP5 William J. Ahart served with 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. On January 9, 1970, PFC Tavares and SP5 Ahart were passengers in and SSGT May the commander of an Army vehicle conducting combat operations in Quang Tri Province, RVN. During the mission, the vehicle slipped over an embankment and rolled down a hill. Tavares, Ahart, and May suffered fatal injuries in the incident. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Picture posted by Tom Clark, Teacher and Students, Lake Central High School, St. John, Indiana.
Please watch our video about what we have been doing in the classroom for the past 32 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohw6D-bcfPU
Picture from the Plain Dealer Library