THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Th remembrance from Aprile Penhill is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

Anthony you are my mothers cousin (Varrecchia) Family I remember you coming to my grandmothers house in Paterson New Jersey and thinking you were so handsome. I graduated high school the year that you died It was the first wake/ funeral that I attended so of course it’s something I’ve never forgotten I remember going to West Point a few times and my grandmother bringing Italian food which you and your fellow cadets ate right from the trunk of the car I have the graduation brochure and a picture of your graduating class which I am now scrapbooking for all my grandchildren so they will know about you and keep your memory alive RIP Anthony

While reading letters from my father who served in Vietnam 1967 - 1968, I came across 1LT Borrego's name. There was a Requiem Mass held for 1LT Borrego on July 8 at Kontum, Vietnam. Officiating was Father George Seever. Rest in Peace

First Lieutenant Anthony Joseph Borrego, Served with Advisory Team 23, 2nd Battalion, 42nd ARVN Regiment (Army of the Republic of Vietnam), Military Assistance Command Vietnam Advisors, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), United States Army Vietnam.

Anthony we have never met but i also lived in West Paterson and graduated from Passaic Valley High School. My grad year was 1964. I was in Vietnam when you were lost in July 1967, i was located in The Mekong Delta area of South Vietnam with the 199th Light Inf Brigade. I would have been proud to have known you.. RIP Better days are coming.