THE WALL OF FACES

I will always remember you. We were quite the crew then. Be at Peace

At 1:00 AM on February 21, 1968, a convoy of Equipment Incorporated trucks, a U.S. company under government contract and driven by U.S. military drivers, was ambushed on Highway 316 near Thu Duc, eight miles east of Saigon in Gia Dinh Province, RVN. An unknown-size Viet Cong force fired B-40 rockets, killing two drivers and wounding five others. The two lost Americans were SP4 Raymond D. Burbage, an Ammunition Records Clerk from the 182nd Ordinance Detachment who volunteered to drive for the convoy, and SP4 John W. Kinney, an infantryman from Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Logistical Command. Burbage was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vvmf.org, and Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 1st Logistical Command, Period Ending April 30, 1968]

Hope that in some realm, you will always know how much you were loved, how much you are still loved and what an absence you are in all of our lives. XO

Not just today but always - you are remembered in my heart.

Dear Sgt Raymond Burbage,
Thank you for your service as an Ammunition Records Clerk. 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.