THE WALL OF FACES

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.

Dear CPL Steven Keith Brandenburg, 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, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter