THE WALL OF FACES

I wore a bracelet with Jon’s name on it for 10 years. I went through 3 of them. I took it off when I served in Iraq but I’ve never forgotten.

I, too, wore a POW bracelet for Jon. I wore it proudly, rarely removing it, for about five years. I held him close in my thoughts and prayers. It means a lot to read about others who did the same. I am wearing his POW bracelet today on Memorial Day - 50 years after the year we lost him.

Jon Michael Sparks is my great uncle. My grandma tried for years, searching for information or any remembrance of her brother. Sadly, nothing was ever located. When she passed recently, my first thought was, "She finally knows what happened to her baby brother now!" Thank you to all of you who also kept him in your hearts.

I bought and wore a POW bracelet for years never having any other real information. I was able to find his name on the traveling POW wall in Houston years ago. I have thought about him and his sacrifice for our freedom, and that of his family over the years. I found my bracelet not long ago. He came to mind today- 50 years later- and I decided to try the internet. Never forgotten. Thank you Chief Sparks.

My name is Shawn Gregory. i served in the 82nd Airborne from 1993-1996. I wore a remembrance bracelet for a soldier that did not come back from Vietnam from age 19 til now and 45. i found in my parents belongings a bracelet with your name on it that my mom wore in high school.