THE WALL OF FACES

Garrity "Dutch" Blanksma. A high school friend. This Veteran's Day I remember you fondly. I pray your family & friends find eternal peace until you meet again.

Dear PFC Gerrit Lynn Blanksma, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. This weekend is another Labor Day, time goes on. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. You are remembered. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

My brother Roger Ebert and Garrett went to Boot Camp together. We were from the same small town in Minnesota. Our family was all saddened by Garrett’s death. My Mother and Mrs. Blanksma used to talk at the store in Nisswa where she worked. His name was one of the first that I saw when visiting the Memorial Wall in DC. Unfortunately my brother was killed in a snowmobile accident a few years later. They are both laid to rest in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.
Joy Ebert English

Dear family Blanksma, My deepest respect for Gerrit Lynn Blanksma, I for myself regrett it that I've never met you all! I'm the oldest son of your niece Silvia Blanksma, so grandchild of your Uncle Auke. I will remember Gerrit as hero and will burn candles for him, hope he'll have his peace in the afterlife! My best regards, Andreas Blanksma.