THE WALL OF FACES

Never forget.

Semper Fortis

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us...

In 1988 I randomly picked a POW/MIA bracelet out of a box onboard the USS Moinester FF-1097. My only request is that it be of a sailor from Massachusettes. Who would believe that later on in college, after investigated your name further, that we were practically neighbors living one town away and being born in the same hospital. I wear your name with honor and remembrance always.

The Department of Defense conducted a ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday, 20 September 2019 in recognition of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,587 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Since the 2018 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 7 Vietnam War MIAs. LTJG Warren William Boles, USNA Class of 1965, is one of those 1,587 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is one of 3 graduates from his U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis class who is still MIA. The other 2 USNA Class of 1965 MIAs are: 1) LT John Lindahl; and 2) LTJG Lynn Travis. As of the date of this ceremony, there are 55 USNA graduates still MIA in SEA from the Vietnam War.

This is the link to the DoD story about the ceremony:

https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1967474/prisoners-of-war-missing-in-action-remembered-at-pentagon-ceremony/

This is the link to the C-Span video of the ceremony:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?464524-1/pentagon-hosts-national-powmia-recognition-day-ceremony

Lieutenant Junior Grade Warren William Boles, Served with Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114), Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), USS Kitty Hawk, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.