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 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 never die....

I was with the 520th personnel services in vung tau when the rocket attack took place in April of 1968. Unfortunately someone had to re-attest to the personnel records of James. Did find his name on the wall. God Bless.
John Geier

Specialist Five James William Allen, Served with the 805th Transportation Company, 48th Transportation Group, United States Army Support Command (Saigon), 1st Logistical Command, United States Army Vietnam.

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SP5 James W. Allen was a personnel specialist assigned to the 805th Transportation Company. On the night of April 23, 1968, the 805’s base camp at Vung Tau came under enemy rocket attack. The 805th Transportation Company lost one killed in action and ten wounded when a 122mm rocket hit the NCO billets above the orderly and supply rooms. SP5 Allen, the company clerk, was killed. Three of the wounded were evacuated and the remainder were treated and released at the 36th Evacuation Hospital in Vung Tau. The attack was later determined to have been launched from Long Son Island, approximately six miles across the bay from the Vung Tau port. This was one of the few pieces of terrain the Vung Tau area accessible to the Viet Cong and NVA and within range of their artillery. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and transportation.army.mil]