THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Lcpl Francis Pennetti, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is the Easter season. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

THANK YOU FRANKIE FOR SERVING GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR AMERICA AMEN

LCPL Francis J. Pennetti is buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, PA.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine.

Lance Corporal Francis Pennetti, Served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Frankie was my next door neighbor on Stanton St. in Philadelphia. I am the youngest of eight so he was friends with my eldest sister Nancy and others. As a teen ager I remember Frankie picking up for me when I ruined a long pass play in touch football and was getting yelled at by someone in their teens/twenties. Frankie told him basically shut up and leave me alone. I do remember him in Uniform on the steps my family shared with his family.This had to be on his way from Cuba to Vietnam. He volunteered and fought so that kids like me ended up not having to go to war at 18. I'll never forget him and every one of my brothers and sisters ( 4 older brothers served in the 60's & early 70's). remember him. My sister Nancy before her death had told grandchildren, her children not to ever for get Frank Pennetti.