THE WALL OF FACES

Private First Class Peter Leonard Alagna, Served with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910

DEAR PFC ALAGNA,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT.
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

Private First Class Peter Leonard Alagna, Served with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division.

I'm Ruben Carlos Alagna, city of Rosario, Argentina, of Sicilian origin, all who have the surname Alagna must be relatives, in May 2015, visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and I found you in the mural. sorry the little time you could live, you can rest in peace