THE WALL OF FACES

I remember well....University of Montana, Theta Chi Fraternity, we met, we became
fraternity brothers. Good man. Good friend. I graduated in Spring 1966. Al
did what a lot of us didn't, he joined the Army. Reading the information over the
years that has been posted on this and other sites, I have come to admire, respect and honor his life and the service he gave to his Nation, our country, his family,
our families. His Army training must have been rigorous, to say the very least.
His sweat and tears and perhaps his blood along with his energy must have
been spent in the exhaustive route from enlistment through boot camp, advanced
training, and more than I can imagine. Determination? Dedication? Persistent?
Who knows what drove him down the path he took. Maybe love?

Al, I have your photo. I have your MIA bracelet that was given to me by a loyal and loving Brother in Theta Chi. I have a rubbing of your name from The
Wall. I have photos of your name on the Traveling Wall when it came to
Whitefish. I have the university yearbooks with our fraternity photos.

Brother Al, I wish you would come back, aged like me, not looking like the
22 year olds we once were, but strong, full of life, honest and sincere.as I
know you to be.

We remember you, Al. We cannot, we shall not forget your life or your sacrifice.
Thank you. Thank all of your comrades in arms for keeping us safe, protecting our way of life, so many lives lost so very far away. Should you not come back
in Earthly form, we shall clasp hands again in time. A hug, a cheer, sing the
Theta Chi songs, and Up With Montana Boys....maybe a beer, a long chat with friends and brothers.

Thank you, Al. A thanks to your family and friends for their suffering and dedication to your memory. Help us not to forget. Help us to do what we can and should do to serve, protect and honor our Nation and your memory.

Alas, Al, you were taken too early, your life cut short of your dreams, aspirations,
hopes, your loves, your potentials. We are sad but we are grateful for your life and your presence among us. Even those who never met you, whose names
and words dwell here, sense a loss in so many ways. Well done, Alan L. Boyer.

Peace be with you, now and always. May God hold you in His arms and bless you and yours. We will meet again. In Jesus name, Amen.

I have the honor of having his POW braclet...to this day I still wear it.
His service will never be forgotten,by me and my family.
GOD please hold him dear like I do here on earth!!!

MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observation Group). MACV-SOG was a joint service high command unconventional warfare task force engaged in highly classified operations throughout Southeast Asia. The 5th Special Forces channeled personnel into MACV-SOG (although it was not a Special Forces group) through Special Operations Augmentation (SOA), which provided their "cover" while under secret orders to MACV-SOG. The teams performed deep penetration missions of strategic reconnaissance and interdiction which were called, depending on the time frame, "Shining Brass" or "Prairie Fire" missions. On March 28, 1968, SGT Alan L. Boyer, SSGT Charles G. Huston, both riflemen, and SFC George R. Brown, intelligence sergeant, were conducting a reconnaissance patrol in Laos, along with 7 Vietnamese personnel. The men were attached to Command and Control Detachment, MACV-SOG. About 15 miles inside Laos, northeast of Tchepone, the patrol made contact with an unknown enemy force and requested exfiltration by helicopter. Because of the terrain in the area, the helicopter could not land, and a rope ladder was dropped in for the team to climb up to board the aircraft. Six of the Vietnamese had already climbed to the aircraft, when, as the 7th climbed aboard, the helicopter began receiving heavy automatic weapons fire. This forced the helicopter to leave the area. Simultaneous to these events, Sgt. Boyer began to climb the ladder when seconds later, the ladder broke. When last seen during the extraction, the other 2 sergeants (Huston and Brown) still on the ground were alive and appeared unwounded. On April 1, a search team was inserted into the area and searched 6 hours, but failed to locate any evidence of the three men. [Taken from pownetwork.org]

Dear SFC Alan Lee Boyer, 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, Sir

Curt Carter

Will see you at The Wall again this year. I still pray and hope they bring you home some day. But you will NOT be FORGOTTEN!