THE WALL OF FACES

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

DEAR CAPTAIN BOOTH,
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AS PART OF THE HELICOPTER CREW. YOUR MOS WAS NOT LISTED, BUT THIS IS ALL THAT WAS. TODAY IS THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SAIGON. I AM SO SORRY. 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.

On March 26, 1969, a UH-1F (tail number 63-13158) from the 20th Special Operations Squadron (20th SOS) “Green Hornets,” operating out of Ban Me Thuot East Airfield, crashed and burned near D?c My, north of Nha Trang, South Vietnam. The aircraft was flying at about 4,000 feet when it experienced severe vibration and auto-rotation was initiated but during the descent the main rotor severed the tail boom. In all, seven military personnel were lost in this incident: three crewmen and four passengers. The lost crewmen included pilot LTC Frank A. Difiglia, crew chief TSGT Jesse C. Bowman, and gunner SGT Antonio L. Alho. The lost passengers comprised COL Donald G. Lepard, COL JB Levesque, CAPT Walter C. Booth, and CAPT Robert W. Fields. One source suggests there was an eighth fatality in the incident, a U.S. civilian named Mr. Green. The same source claims there was one survivor, a SGT Joslyn. [Taken from wikipedia.org, coffeltdatabase.org, vvmf.org, and vhpa.org]

Dear Captain Walter Clay Booth, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

Rest in peace with the warriors.