THE WALL OF FACES

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

Sergeant Edward James Boggess, Served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, United States Army Vietnam.

DEAR SERGEANT BOGGESS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN INFANTRYMAN. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS. IT IS EASTER WEEK, AND PASSOVER - GOD'S BLESSINGS ON YOU.

SGT James A. Buckley and SGT Edward J. Boggess were infantrymen assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Infantry Battalion. On December 29, 1968, they were on a combat operation about 9 miles southeast of Tam Ky when a friendly ambush team mistook them for a hostile force and engaged them, fatally wounding both soldiers. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

i remeber as a young girl my brother ed would always get ahold of my barbies and put pins in them but i got ahold of his gi joe doll and hid it from him. he loved his siblings. and he would do anything for anyone. we miss him to this day and we honor him today for sacrificing his life for our country. see you in heaven myt brother
love you your sister lynn