THE WALL OF FACES

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions and spends himself in a great worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end triumph of high achievement and, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while caring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold, timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

Dear Cpl Edward Ulman, Thank you for your service as an Airborne Qualified Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Labor Day was yesterday. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

PFC Edward D. Ulman was an Airborne-qualified infantryman serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade. On April 20, 1968, Ulman was with his unit on a combat mission in Binh Dinh Province, RVN, when he was hit by hostile sniper fire. He was fatally injured in the incident. Ulman was posthumously promoted to Corporal. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

I got to know this man in training , jump school, and served in same squad at times with him. Always remember his humor , his backwards helmet, and stories of the neighborhood he grew up in Flint. I have only seen two people I served with in nam but I remember all of them especially this one.I visited the wall in 80s and his name was first of many I looked up.

I served with this man with D 2/503rd and went through a bunch of training with him also. I will always remember his humor , his always wearing his helmet backwards, his blooper, we dug a lot of holes together and I once wrote a short story about his neighborhood in Flint as I heard about it so much I felt I had been there.