THE WALL OF FACES

Master Sergeant Eugene Edward Stout, Served with the Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Dear Msgt Eugene Stout, Thank you for your service as a Communication Man. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Memorial Day is soon, and we honor you. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Well done sir !! Vietnam, 1971 Navy “Big E “ You are not forgotten !

On December 28, 1966, the Marine combat base at Dong Ha was hit by an intense early morning mortar attack. At approximately 1:00 AM, the base, one mile west of Dong Ha Airfield in Quang Tri Province, RVN, received 100-150 rounds of suspected 82mm mortars utilizing proximity (airburst) fuzes. The barrage was “walked” through the motor pool area to the Marines’ own mortar positions, killing six and wounding ten. The lost Marines included LCPL James R. Aarde, PFC Edward D. Davis, CPL Douglas W. Doig, PFC Guy L. Gordon, PVT Dennis J. Hamet, and MSGT Eugene E. Stout. Countermortar fire with illumination rounds was returned on suspected enemy positions with unobserved results. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and Provisional Artillery Battalion Command Chronology, 12th Marines, December 1966]

Semper Fidelis, Master Sergeant.