THE WALL OF FACES

I remember you were big on running and was on the track & cross country. I too watch some of your practices, always had a smile and were always upbeat. Saw your name on the mobile Vietnam memorial in Belleuve, Washington. I to am a Vietnam veteran from the Navy in 1969 & 70, you were always a nice guy, always a Mission Bear roar! Serf Rodriquez Class of Spring ‘68

Danny and I were as close as brothers. We grew up in the same neighborhood and hung out together. Danny was the most competitive person I ever knew. He would succeed on pure will power at whatever he did. I always wondered what he would have become, if he had survived Viet Nam. I miss him constantly.

Daniel was my fellow platoon sergeant in Vietnam when he was killed at the end of February 1970. I miss him to this day because he was so cheerful, a competent soldier and a good leader. I hope to meet his family and tell them what an important person he was to our platoon. I never was allowed to send the letter that I wrote after he died. The army thought it would be inappropriate. I think his family was aware of what a special human being he was. Despite being soft-spoken he was a warrior and talk to me a lot especially as a noncommissioned officer. If you know how I can get a hold of some member of his family I would appreciate it. My name Alegre the best of the bestisRobert Timothy Haley, phone 408-464-4082. Call anytime I would like to meet with the family.

I served with Daniel Allegre when we were both in the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne. He was one of the best human beings I have known and I will never forget him.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910