THE WALL OF FACES

Never forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine

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

Ronnie.. as a younger cousin and watching you with your bigger than life joy, and happiness you had for life. Listening to you play your favorite music, I fought the Law, Pied Piper, and others. Watching joke and pick with Aunt Lois. Irene, and Gary. You are missed and all you would have added to our lives. How much better it would have been if you were here. You were determined to go into the service and do a duty to your country. You did the Ultimate and our hearts are broken. We loved you then, we live and miss you, caring you in our hearts forever.

DEAR PFC RONNIE BINTLIFF,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A RIFLEMAN. SEMPER FI. 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.
AND, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN HEAVEN TOO.

PFC Charles L. Roberts and PFC Ronnie H. Bintliff were riflemen serving with 2nd Platoon, I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines. On November 9, 1966 at approximately 1845 hours the marines were in fighting holes trying to observe where three rounds of small arms fire had just come from when an unknown explosion occurred on the parapet of their fighting holes. One was killed immediately and the other died an hour later. After an investigation, it was determined that the explosion was the accidental discharge of an M26 grenade. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]