THE WALL OF FACES

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

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 sun 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.

As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

On the remembrance of your 72nd birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Forever 18.

HOOAH

Private First Class Hervey Harris Allen, Served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

I peruse the virtual wall everyday and I look at all the young men who never made it to old age like I did. Every time I come to Hervey's picture, I am drawn into it, it must be a recognition of kinship or something (I am an Allen), my father's people come from Scottsville, VA. I got to Vietnam 7 months after Hervey fell but by the grace of God I survived all of 1968, as wars go it was nasty. God Bless the Allen family, yours and mine, I know I'll see Hervey on the other side and when we're both young again.