THE WALL OF FACES

You are always in my heart, Ed. And, you will always be. It's been difficult to write a contact. You are not forgotten. We met each other at a dance. I don't know what else to say. Tears.

I will never forget you, myself, Mike Cooney and Rich Feerhy driving to 401 north board street to take our induction physicals in your white Chevy convertible playing beach boys. God Bless you. Posted by Michael O'Brien bonner c65. us army.

I never meant John but we shared a common bond inasmuch we are Viet Nam veterans and we had the honor of serving with the highest caliber of men that God ever put on this earth for the sake of the greatest on country on Planet Earth, THEE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!! Thank Brother, rest in ever lasting Peace! Semper Fi!!!

I am sory to use this site in this way but having found John here from seeing his name on the memorial wall and now looking at his photo there is, in my opinion, an uncanny resemblence to my son. My fathers family is Rafferty from Lurgylea, Tyrone. Though I was born in England and now live in the USA. A number of my great uncles left Tyrone late 1800's and emigrated to the US ending up in Pennyslvania. Coincidence?

I apologise if this causes any offence. I was just knocked back by the resemblence.

I moved to Havertown in 1958 from St. Louis and had no friends. Eddie Rafferty and his good friend John Vail befriended me and we were best friends for years. One summer the Rafferty parents took us all to the seashore in New Jersey. These were simple times and this was a big treat. The Rafferty's were wonderful people.

Ed was a champion baseball player at Sacred Heart.

Like Ed, I served in the First Infantry Division Third Brigade after his death and thought of him often.

Nice guy, funny guy. Good friend to all of us in Havertown (Manoa). I almost lost it at his funeral in1967 when I saw his mom and pop who I knew so well crying in church.

He had many friends and was mourned from the day he died. He was a hero and I salute him, my friend.,