THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

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

Beginning at 8:30 AM on March 8, 1968, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, RVN, was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The lost Army personnel included PFC Elvin L. Allen, SP4 Clement B. Gruber, PFC Eduardo Jimenez, PFC William T. Puffenbarger, SP4 Larry R. Redmon, PFC David M. Reynolds, SP5 Marvin N. Richardson, SP4 John E. Severson, SGT James P. Singleton, and SP5 Harold E. Walker Jr. Also killed in the bombardment of Dong Ha were three U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes. The Seabee camp at Dong Ha was there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. The lost Seabees included BUL2 John W. Borders Jr., CEW2 John P. Hartledge III, and CN Eldon E. Nevins. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, gia-vuc.com, and Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command, Period Ending April 30, 1968]

Remembering you and John E Severson this Independence Day, July 4th, 2017. You will never be forgotten by me as I sit here talking with my son about Vietnam. They were both heroes in my book.