THE WALL OF FACES

I'm honored to be reading the name of Michael B Shuman on November 9, 2022 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Thank you for your sacrifice.

Dear Sgt Michael Shuman, Thank you for your service as a Flight Qualified Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Happy Valentine’s Day. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On August 26, 1968, a Command & Control UH-1 helicopter from A Company, 9th Aviation Battalion, 9th Infantry Division was shot down five miles northwest of Binh Chanh in Long An Province, RVN. The aircraft reportedly was hit by small arms fire, crashed, and burned. Two crewmen were killed in the incident, pilot WO James A. Taylor and gunner SP4 Michael B. Shuman. Five others were injured. Shuman was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Michael, my old friend from Junior high thru Senior high and beyond, it's been 50 years since you lost your life in that "CRAZY ASIAN WAR". I often wonder if I would count you among my fb friends or share an email address with you as I do with others that we grew up with .While you are no longer with us you live on in our boyhood memories.

God bless you, Mike. Almost 40 years later and you still live on in my heart, mind, and spirit. You went to a better place, my friend. Love.