THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. We should be forever thankful for the sacrifices of you and so many others to ensure the freedoms we so often take for granted.

Dear Sgt William Vaught, Thank you for your service as a Flight Qualified UH-1 helicopter Repairer. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart . Autumn has begun. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Bill......Honoringyou on your birthday......God Bless

On May 23, 1970, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H (tail number 68-15628) from B Company, 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, was conducting a visual reconnaissance in support of Operation Barber Glade south of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, RVN, when it was shot down by a hostile ground force. The aircraft was flying at about 40 feet of altitude and 45 knots of speed when a rocket-propelled grenade went through the tail boom, damaging the driveshaft and causing the helicopter to crash and burn. Six U.S. personnel and two Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) personnel were killed in the incident. The lost Americans included pilots WO1 George F. Barry Jr. and CPT Eugene S. Miller, crew chief SP4 William H. Vaught III, and gunner SP4 Stephen J. Perkins; also lost were passengers MAJ Shane N. Soldato and WO1 Larrie J. Landersheim. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and vhpa.org]

Dear SGT William H Vaught III, 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