THE WALL OF FACES

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

Mary Frye – 1932

Nathaniel is buried at Phildelphia Nat Cem.

Marine Pfc. Nathaniel Willingham, 20, son of Mrs. Acolie Willingham, of 2421 N. Marshall st.
The Defense Department notified Mrs. Willingham that her son died on March 29. He had been in Vietnam only a month when he was killed in an explosion.
He attended Stetson High School and worked for the Oxford Bookbinding Co. at 2327 N. 7th st. before enlisting last year.

Semper Fidelis, Marine!

Member of M Company, 3rd Battalion,
5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.

Semper Fidelis, Marine!

Nathaniel Willingham
N. Marshall Street, North Philadelphia
?He never stopped talking about the Marines,? remembered his mother. He had attended Stetson High School and worked for Oxford Bookbinding Co. on N. 7th Street before enlisting in August 1967. The 21-year-old private first class was a member of Company M of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, in Vietnam. He died of a shrapnel wound on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province while on Operation Houston. Survivors included his mother, three brothers and two sisters.

?.. from the Philadelphia Daily News