THE WALL OF FACES

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

I am in the U.S. History class as a junior in high school doing an assignment on Vietnam War Veterans. Thank you so much for your service and fighting your hardest to help our country.

Dear Lcpl Bobby Wayman, Thank you for your service as an Antitank Assaultman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Thanksgiving is soon. Times flies. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On February 14, 1966, a column of U.S. Marine Corps LVTP-5 amphibious armored fighting vehicles (AmTracs) were returning from an operation when AmTrac B-12 hit a mine three miles southwest of Nam-O Bridge in Quang Nam Province, RVN. The 11:00 AM explosion knocked the 44-ton AmTrac on its side before becoming engulfed in flames. A total of nine Marines and one Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier perished in the incident. All suffered multiple extreme burn and blast injuries. Another sixteen Marines and one Navy personnel were wounded. The lost Marines included PFC Allen J. Avery, PFC Frank E. Crabbe, CPL Herbert G. Goggan, PFC Richard E. Marks, PFC Eli W. Nichols, PFC Adan M. Olvera, CPL Jack Rabinovitz, PVT Waymond N. Stephenson, and LCPL Bobby R. Wayman. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

Lance Corporal Bobby Ray Wayman, Served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.