THE WALL OF FACES

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Dear PFC Norman Wilson, Thank you for your service as a Wireman. Your 83rd birthday is soon, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Valentine's Day is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

Private First Class Norman Raymond Wilson, Served with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 13th Artillery Regiment, Second Field Force, United States Army Vietnam.

TWO LOCAL SOLDIERS KILLED IN VIET NAM

Two young Jacksonville soldiers have been killed in action in Viet Nam. They are Spec. 4C Ernest E. McAlum, son of Mrs. Jack Wilhite of 622 May St., and PFC Norman Raymond Wilson, brother of Mrs. Scarlette Brown Greene of 1360 Golfair Blvd.
Spec McAlum, who was 24, was killed in combat June 23, according to his mother. A member of the 101st Airborne Division, he enlisted in the Army six years ago. He had been in Viet Nam sine Jan. 15.
A native of Alamo, Ga., the soldier had lived in Jacksonville since boyhood. He attended Lee High School and worked for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., before enlisting.
In addition to his mother, Spec. McAlum is survived by his widow, Mary, and son, Curtis Lee McAlum, both of Thomaston, Ga; a brother, Oscar McAlum of Jacksonville; two sisters, Mrs. David Ashton of Jacksonville and Mrs. Donald Dobson of Sanderson; and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements for the funeral, which will be held in Thomaston, are pending arrival of his body.
Pfc. Wilson, 24, who was assigned to a transportation unit in a artillery battalion, had been listed as missing in action since June 15. His family received word Saturday that his body had been found.
Born in Lake City, Pfc. Wilson came to Jacksonville when he was 7 years old and lived with two aunts, Mrs. Emma L. Goodman and the late Mrs. H. B. Jenkins, until entering service.
He was graduated in 1959 from New Stanton High School, where he was a member of the Stanton Blue Devils marching band. The soldier was a carrier boy for The Florida Times-Union for six years during his junior and senior high school days, and also was a member of the School Boy Patrol.
Pfc. Wilson attended Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach for three years before enlisting in the Army. After completing his first three-year tour of duty, he worked in Seattle, Wash, and then re-enlisted early this year.
In addition to his sister, he is survived by a son, Eric Wilson of Chicago, and his mother, Mrs Birdie A. Bradley of Jacksonville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.