THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Cpl Paul Russ, Thank you for your service as an Indirect Fire Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Happy Halloween. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

I never met Paul but in doing some research today on the loss of my older brother Michael A. Meehan in Vietnam I came to realize that they were both killed in the same incident. Mike also came from a large Catholic family and graduated from Loretto Catholic High school in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. May God grant them both eternal rest and may He welcome them home.

CPL Paul E Russ is resting at Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston, NY

Ken Burn's documentary on Vietnam prompted me to research a long ago classmate. I remember Paul as extraordinarily kind, respectful, and thoughtful. He stood above the rest. We both came from large Catholic families. What a privilege to be asked by Paul to dance at our 8th grade graduation party. Heaven has a hero.

I worked with Paul making bullet-proof Ceramic Armor at the Carborundum Company in NF before he went into the service and he was a great young man. I have visited his name on the wall each time I have gone to DC over the years, and now I have a clearer memory of him from the Wall-of-Faces photo.

Mike Velky