THE WALL OF FACES

Nor shall your glory be forgot; While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot; Where Valor proudly sleeps.

Dear Sgt Donald Tinney, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Yesterday was the 58th anniversary of the 2nd Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

I did not know Donald but we went to the same grammar school and he lived a few blocks away. To this day I remember the shock in our small town when we learned he had been killed. I think of Donald every Memorial Day. I looked for his name when I visited the wall in D.C. and was glad to see that a street sign near his home was recently dedicated to him. His family should know that Donald's sacrifice is not forgotten even by those who never knew him.

We went to OLHC grammer school together. I asked you to a freshman dance at St. Louis and you said yes! You were always so nice. I think of you often especially this weekend. You were too young and your life ended too soon.

Always a smile from someone who befriended a Farrell freshman in 1966. A crazy laugh every conversation he the football star myself the band geek. Miss you every day, Donnie! Larry the USN Vet vowed you will never be forgotten - a true hero in every sense of the word. BRAVO ZULU AND HAND SALUTE, DONNIE, UNTIL WE ALL MEET AGAIN!