THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your wife is especially poignant and reflects her love for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

I was drafted into the Marines with Danny at Fort Wayne induction center on 18January1966.

We both were trained at San Diego boot camp and Camp Pendleton.

Danny was a quiet and earnest Marine even as a draftee.

His died in the Hill Fights above Khe San engaging the NVA regulars before the siege. Savage fighting.

His remains were identified 7 years after his death. He was a front page Detroit newspaper story when his mother was visited just before Mother’s Day 1974 by Marines informing her of his death. She was angry and said he was a good boy drafted and died.

She called to

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.

Dear Lcpl Brotz,
Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. It is another summer, as time continues to pass since Vietnam. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Lance Corporal Danny Ray Brotz, Served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.