THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from John Griggs is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Constructionman Gary Lee Binder, Served with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 121 (NMCB-121), 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV).

EONCN Gary L. Binder was a construction equipment operator serving with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-121 (NMCB-121). On October 13, 1967, EONCN Binder was working on a road crew placing a seal coating on Route 1, three miles south of Phu Bai Combat Base in Thua Thien Province, RVN. Binder reportedly was relieving himself on the side of the road when he was run over by a dump truck which was backing up to dump a load of sand. He was fatally injured in the incident. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

DEAR CONSTRUCTIONMAN GARY BINDER,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS (CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT) CONSTRUCTION. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. MANY OF US HAVE BEGUN OUR JOURNEY TO EASTER. YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS.

Dear CN Gary Lee Binder, 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