THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service. You were very brave and will be missed. RIP

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever.

Corporal Richard Allan Carlson, Served with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

I have just read your letter in "Dear America, Letters from Vietnam". Let us all never forget your bravery, your courage and the many wounded men who are alive today due to your dedication to duty and your skills. Far too many young men both faced death and were killed in a war you should never have been sent to. I am an Australian who was too young to fight in Vietnam but no too young to have read your letter and cried and hurt. Like so many Australian and American military personnel who gave their lives for their country, I often ask and reflect on what they might have achieved had they lived and returned home. God Bless you Corporal Carlson. May Jesus continue to look after you.

Dear Cpl Richard Carlson,
Thank you for your service as a Medical Corpsman with the 1st Cavalry. Thank you for the lives you saved. 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.