THE WALL OF FACES

53 years today. There isn’t a day that passes that I don’t think of you and the loss I still feel.

52 years today. I’ll never forget.

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

iN 1969 i WAS WORKING AS A REPORTER/ PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE ASHLAND DAILY iNDEPENDENT. Ii WAS WRITING OBITUARIES FOR THE SUNDAY PAPER. IN THE MAIL THAT DAY I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MRS. J M BURTON REQUESTING
THAT AN OBIT BE WRITTEN FOR SGT. WILLIAM BLACKBURN KILLED IN ACTION IN QUANG NGIA, SOUTH VIETNAM ON 08/16/1969. THE CONTENT OF THAT LETTER BROKE MY HEART. I HAVE KEPT THAT LETTER FOR 51 YEARS. I CANT EXPLAIN WHY I FEEL SO ATTACHED TO THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS DEATH IN A WAR. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS LETTER TO A REMAINING MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. MY INFORMATION CAB BE FOUND BELOW. REST IN PEACE SGT. BLACKBURN.

It’s been 49 years ago today that our family lost Kenny. We lost our younger brother Mickey to cancer two years ago in May. Why I’m the one to last the longest I’ll never understand. RIP