THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

CPL Steven K. Brandenburg was a metal worker assigned to the Ordinance Maintenance Company, Maintenance Battalion, 1st Force Service Regiment, Force Logistics Command, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF). On August 19, 1968, CPL Brandenburg died in Quang Nam Province, RVN, after suffering a fatal gunshot wound to the head under unknown circumstances. The Marines coded his death an accidental homicide. A 1990 newspaper account of his death reported that he was pulled from a river with his hands tied behind his back and had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and an article from the September 16, 1990 edition of the Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN), courtesy of Edna Marlatt, Reference & Genealogy, Logansport Cass County Public Library (LCCP), Logansport, IN]

Dear Corporal Brandenburg,
Thank you for your service as a Metal Worker. Semper Fi. Independence Day is approaching, and it is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Semper Fidelis, Marine.