THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. I am heartened you returned home after the passage of so many years though I wish it had been under very different circumstances. May you rest in eternal peace.

Never forgotten.

Welcome Home.

Dear SSgt Leslie Sampson, Thank you for your service with the 314th Air Division. Glad you were identified in 1991. Welcome home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Thanksgiving is soon. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Dear S/Sgt Sampson:

When I was a kid, I was at the Greene/Dreher/Sterling Fair in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania. A veteran was selling MIA bracelets and I bought one. It bore your name and sacrifice. Over the years, you went to high school and college with me. You rode horses, played lacrosse, lifeguarded, became a scuba instructor, a cave diver, and you were there the first time I fell in love. I'm now nearly twice your age when you lost your life in service to our country. One day, they found you in the jungle and brought you home. Welcome home. Thank you. Rest in glory with God. - Trace Malinowski

Leslie is buried at Dawson Memorial Park, Glendive, Dawson County,MT. His remains were recovered on 7/11/1991 and identified on 11/29/1991.