THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from your sister Ruth Ann are moving. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Corporal Steven Warren Boegli, Served with the Truck Company, 1st Service Battalion, Force Logistics Support Group Bravo (FLSG-Bravo), Force Logistics Command, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

I spent 30 nights standing perimeter guard with Cpl Boegli. We got to know each other very well during that time as all service men do with one another. I watched Boegli driving away in his truck the day he was killed. I knew that he wasn't supposed to be in that convoy that day. I gave him a questioning gesture and he replied with a gesture that said "What are you going to do? I'm stuck." I never saw him again. The image of that moment is seared into my memory. May God bless his soul and allow him entry into heaven. He was a good man.

I think about him a lots of days but especially about a month before & after 11 may. i always remember him looking over his glasses when talking to him.

Last night I was thinking of you, what you were doing 47 years ago. How far away you were from Momma, Daddy and I, if you were lonely, spent it with friends, cleaned your guns the way you always did spending evenings at home.
I pray you were happy. I pray you felt no pain when the land mine activated. I know you were met by the angels.
The Lord, Momma, Daddy, our Sister and Grandparents are with you and one blessed day I will be there. I love you so much. Ruth Ann