THE WALL OF FACES

I was transferred to the 545th transportation company in Oct, 1969 and Nick was in the process of training me to take over his job when he was killed. Until I arrived at the company in TUY HOA I didn't know what I would be doing and when I found out I was expected to fix radios I told Nick that I didn't know how to do that. He said don't worry about because they don't need repairs often and it's good here.

Remember to save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go...

Dear Sp4 Nicholas Procino, Thank you for your service as a Heavy Vehicle Driver. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Summer has begun. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Taken from the Galena Sentinel-Times, November 20, 1969, courtesy of Patti Street, Volunteer at The Galena Archival Library and The Cherokee County Genealogy Library, Galena, KS.

SP4 Nicholas R. Procino was a Heavy Vehicle Driver serving with 545th Transportation Company, 54th Transportation Battalion. The 54th Transportation Battalion was headquartered in Cha Rang Valley along Highway QL-19 in Binh Dinh Province, RVN. Its vehicles carried a variety of freight and supplied U.S. Army bases at An Khe and Pleiku. On November 8, 1969, Procino died at the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Qui Nhon from injuries he suffered after reportedly being struck by a vehicle. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and information provided by Roy G. Tipton (August 2020); article from the Galena Sentinel-Times, November 20, 1969, courtesy of Patti Street, Volunteer at The Galena Archival Library and The Cherokee County Genealogy Library, Galena, KS]