THE WALL OF FACES

Dear SFC Edward Steele, Thank you for your service as a Flight Operations Coordinator with the 1st Cavalry. he 54th anniversary of the start of your tour just passed. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Tomorrow is 47th anniversary of the official end of the war. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Camp Gorvad (Phuoc Vinh firebase) was next to the village of Phuoc Vinh, north of Bien Hoa in Bien Hoa Province, RVN. On February 23, 1969, Camp Gorvad was mortared by the enemy, one of several mortar and rocket attacks the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched on Saigon, Da Nang, Hue, Bien Hoa Air Base, and other key targets throughout South Vietnam. Five Americans were killed during the attack on Gorvad, including SFC Guy F. Abbott, SP4 James Berends, SGT Daniel L. Poff, SFC Edward B. Steele, and SGT David H. Sundquist. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Dear SFC Edward Bernard Steele, 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

Thank you, SFC.

(Photo Credit: his niece Lisa Rockhold) Rest in peace with the warriors.