THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Maj Alonzo Toal, Thank you for your service as a Ranger Qualified Operations & Training Staff Officer. The 55th anniversary of the start of your tour is this month. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Today is the 58th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and PURPLE HEART DAY. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Strange that 54 years after he served at Xavier as an instructor for our JROTC program, I remember him and have the highest respect for his memory. Wish we had more patriots like him.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

Major Alonzo Robert Toal, Served with Advisory Team 52, Headquarters, Military Assistance Command Vietnam Advisors, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), United States Army Vietnam.

Alonzo Robert was my 3rd cousin I never met him but what a brave person he
was.
His great grandfather John Toal 1814 Ireland was the brother of my great grandfather also Robert.
I am proud to have Alonzo as my relative.