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 sunlight 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.

In honor of your dedication and sacrifice to our Country, our Corps, and our CAP unit, on 8 August 2024 the CAP Unit Veterans Association will have a brick engraved with your name installed along the walkway of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, at the Dedication of the Combined Action Platoon Monument.
Thank you for your service to our Corps and Country.
Semper Fidelis.

Dear Lt Earl Ziegler, Thank you for your service as an Administrative Officer. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is spring and Lent. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Earl......Honoring you on your birthday...God Bless.....You will never be forgotten.

1LT Earl K. Ziegler was an administrative officer assigned to Headquarters, 1st Combined Action Group, Combined Action, III MAF. On January 22, 1969, he informed a Marine corporal by the name of Charles Eason that charges were being filed against him for disobeying orders regarding his 30-day leave. Angered by news, Eason and Ziegler exchanged further words over mail. Eason left and returned with an M-16 rifle to the mailroom where Ziegler was looking through some mailbags. He went behind the counter and told a clerk to move out of the way. Ziegler turned around and threw his hands up at which time Eason shot him with an automatic burst and followed him down with his weapon on automatic. CPL Eason was tried and convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to 50 years imprisonment. He won a new trial on appeal, was found guilty of the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter, and was released in May 1974 after serving only five years. In December 1977, he was found dead inside a Pittsburgh home, having succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes he accidently inhaled from a space heater. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and the book Fragging by George Lepre]