THE WALL OF FACES

James or Jimmy as we called him was raised by my mom and dad and considered them his parents. Growing up he was my co-conspirator, best friend and protector. He would pester the heck out of me but no one else better, lol. He was such a turd but I loved him with all my heart .I had just started dating when he got drafted and that was hard. I gurantee you I was always home on time, least they had to answer to him. I was the last person in our family to see him before he shipped out to Viet Nam other than his wife and I wished I had given him one more hug. I recieved two letters from him after we were notified he had been killed, they were postmakded the morning of that day. Those were the two hardest letters I ever had to read. Later on I had them framed and gave them to his son who was 7 days old when JImmy got killed. I still miss him and will always "Wonder" what he would have been like. I hope he is still singing Alley-oop-oop and and wearing that yellow rose of Texas in his hat band. What sweet memories, love you brother.

I just want to say I love you and miss you

To James sister, i was glad to have known James, he was in my platoon, i was there the very night he was killed, we were pulling our turn on guard duty, i was 2 Tanks up from him, He was a very good Friend.

I miss him each day of my life.

DEAR PFC JAMES BOYD,
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN AUTOMATIC WEAPONS CREWMAN. MEMORIAL DAY IS APPROACHING, BUT ON ALL DAYS WE SHOULD HONOR YOU. 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.