THE WALL OF FACES

May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace SFC. Ables, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.

I think of you often. Remembering the stories that my father told me of you. Seeing pictures of me in your arms when I was to young to remember. My father telling me I was your favorite. Thank you for all you did. I hope you are looking down on me and you are proud of who I turned out to be. Hope you and my father are together again

Your sweet baby niece.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23, 1910

Sergeant First Class Elmer Robert Lee Ables Jr., Served with Detachment B-34 (Song Be), Company A, 5th Special Forces Group, United States Army Vietnam.

Dear Sergeant 1st Class Ables,

I hate that you were killed the day after your 30th birthday, but then, dying so young is something that I wish did not happen.

REST IN PEACE.