THE WALL OF FACES

2LT Zeldes was assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery. He was serving as a Forward Observer with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division when he was killed in action.

Hey Mark,



Another year has passed #44 since you lost your life. Your buddies are trying to get a Medal for your heroism. REST IN PEACE! YOU EARNED IT!

We have prayed for all our heros at the wall in DC.

Stopped by to say hello! and say YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN! REST IN PEACE! YOU EARNED IT!

Mark graduated with Class 1-65 and resided in my "house" as an upper-classman. An accomplished Gunner, Mark helped many fellow Candidates who were not as gifted as he in the Gunnery department get their gold bars. I will always fondly remember Mark's parody of the infamous "Call the Classes". (Eeeeeeeeeeechoooooo Baaaaaaateeeeeryyyyy ... evening meal formation in one zerooooo meeeenutes!) A joyful man who was a delight to spend time with. I first found out about his death when I was Sr Legal Counsel to the NYS Division of Veteran's Affairs and, in 1999, we were called upon to officiate at the posting of his name on the NYS Vietnam Honor Roll located at Corning Plaza in Albany, NY. It was a sad an ironic thing to attend the ceremony honoring a friend and classmate from so many years ago. It was a fresh wound to realize that he had passed away more than 30 years earlier. It was easier, somehow, to realize the death of good friends during the war ... but ... 30 years later? God rest you well, Mark. You are missed.