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 truly die....

We can never truly repay the debt we owe our fallen heroes. Semper Fi!

DEAR LANCE CPL. ALLEN,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A MACHINE GUNNER.
REST IN PEACE AND SEMPER FI.

Lance Corporal Ronald Paul Allen, Served with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

When Battalion Landing Team 3/1, built around the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, landed at Than Tham Khe during Operation Badgertooth they ran into a buzz-saw. At day's end on 27 Dec 1967, BLT 3/1 had lost 49 men, most of them from Lima Company:
• H&S Company: 3 men
• K Company: 6 men
• L Company: 26 men
o Capt Thomas S. Hubbell, Milford, MI
o 2ndLt George M. Broz, Stanwood, WA
o SSgt Donald J. Cruden, Bayonne, NJ
o Sgt Norman W. Clearwater, Catskill, NY
o Cpl Albert L. Horner, Kenton, OH
o LCpl Carl E. Abner, Campbell, CA
o LCpl Ronald P. Allen, Winona, MN
o LCpl Lawrence M. Barnes, Jersey City, NJ
o LCpl Kenneth L. Chappell, Richmond, VA
o LCpl Robert E. Hentschel, Rochester, NY
o LCpl Donald C. Hopewell, Lakeland, FL
o LCpl Mitchell Hughes, Louisville, KY
o LCpl Harvey L. Rembert, Enid, OK
o LCpl James E. Williams, Oklahoma City, OK
o Pfc Bruce C. Alfred, Moultrie, GA
o Pfc Garry L. Gabriel, Boise, ID
o Pfc Earl L. Lewis, Odessa, TX
o Pfc Vernon R. Lipinski, Baltimore, MD
o Pfc George E. Lonsdale, Hartford, CT
o Pfc Carlos F. Lozano, Detroit, MI
o Pfc Gary W. Martell, Olmsted Falls, OH
o Pfc Raymond B. Palma, Pacoima, CA
o Pfc Arphalia L. Richardson, Melbourne, FL
o Pfc Darnay Shubert, Philadelphia, PA
o Pfc Stephen Williams, Philadelphia, PA
o Pvt William J. Brown, Baltimore, MD
• M Company: 12 men
• A Company, 1st Engineers: 1 man
• B Company, 1st Recon Bn: 1 man
The final known casualty from Than Tham Khe was Corporal David O. Kamp, Lima 3/1, rendered a quadraplegic by small arms fire. He died of his injuries 19 March 1997 and was added to the Wall on Memorial Day 2000.