THE WALL OF FACES

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So glad to hear you are coming home, even though its not the way we wanted, but you are coming home!!!!

Your bracelet I wear will be left at the Wall this coming Memorial Day!

Thank you for your service!!
RIP

I posted a remembrance back in 2002 about wearing Alan's POW/MIA braclet I picked up from a veterans conference. I had lost it years ago in the ocean at the Outter Banks in North Carolina. I picked his name out because we both were paratroopers. I just read where his remains were found and he is being buried at Arlington. Welcome home brother and A/ATW. I'm so happy that you've been found. Now your family can have closure.

It is with a grateful heart that I share news of repatriation of Alan's remains from Laos & identification after 47 years, 11 months & 7 days. He will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on June 22, 2016.I extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped in this accounting process over the years, & who continue to pursue the fullest possible accounting for all POWs/MIAs--especially the National League of POW/MIA Families & DPAA. Please remember the thousands of POWs/MIAs who remain unaccounted for. Their families still wait for answers.

It has been so long since you disappeared in a far away lush jungle. Your sister, Judy, has just this week shared that she has learned this month
(March 2016) that bone fragments found so very far away have positively been identified as yours, Al. So sad to know you no longer walk with us, but you
are coming home. Your family and friends have some sort of relief that
we now know something of your mission MIA outcome. So much more
to know but know we care and always will. You will be honored with
a place among your comrades in Arlington National Cemetery. For those of us who are aging and past our prime, we recognize you for all you have done
and sacrificed in the prime of your all together too short life. Thanks, Al.