THE WALL OF FACES

“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Dear Sp4 Frederick Verry, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. 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.

We served together in the states, and when you lost your life your wife asked permission for me to come to Jamestown for your funeral, and in my company at Fort Campbell, KY somehow mistakes were made and I couldn't come through for your family. I'm sorry and always will be sorry that I let your family down. Fred. When I visited your gravesite...I almost threw up remembering.

Fred, I’ve often thought of those days when you’d be working on the field at the stadium and wondered where you’d be today or what you might be doing. I don’t remember much about the chats we had in the grandstand over a quick sandwich or when we crossed paths in the dining area at JCC but I do remember we became pretty good buds. I’ve stopped by the wall a couple of times just see your name and have visited your place at Sunset Hill whenever I’m back home. I think I have one more trip I can make so until then...

Specialist Four Frederick Alfred Verry, Served with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.