In Tribute to Our
Fallen Brothers
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LRRP/Ranger |
Date of Death |
Wall Address |
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David Allen Ives |
23 Apr 67
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Panel 18E - Line 75 |
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David Bruce Tucker |
1 Oct 67
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Panel 27E - Line 38 |
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David Thomas Dickinson |
6 Dec 67
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Panel 31E - Line 45 |
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Lewis E. Mc Dermott |
6 Dec 67
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Panel 31E - Line 50 |
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William Rober Critchfield |
27 Dec 67
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Panel 32E - Line 71 |
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Felix Leon, Jr. |
17 Mar 68
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Panel 45E - Line 12 |
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Richard Turbitt, Jr. |
20 Apr 68
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Panel 51E - Line 14 |
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William Glenn Lambert |
20 Apr 68
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Panel 51E - Line 8 |
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Robert Joseph Noto |
20 Apr 68
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Panel 51E - Line 12 |
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Gerald Wayne Mc Connel, Jr. |
8 May 68
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Panel 57E - Line 7 |
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Robert Eugene Whitten |
8 May 68
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Panel 57E - Line 12 |
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Donald Miller |
21 May 68
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Panel 64E - Line17 |
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Juan Angel Elias |
29 May 68
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Panel 63W - Line 5 |
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Angelo Carmelo Santiago |
6 June 68
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Panel 59W - Line 13 |
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Thomas Thoma Sprinkle |
7 Jul 68
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Panel 53W - Line 40 |
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Tony Lee Griffith |
5 Feb 69
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Panel 33W - Line 63 |
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Francis Kennetth Kulbatski |
15 Feb 69
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Panel 32W - Line38 |
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William Brent Bell |
27 Mar 69
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Panel 28W - Line 57 |
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Loel Floyd Largent |
10 Apr 69
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Panel 27W - Line 52 |
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Dwight Montgomery Durham |
10 Apr 69
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Panel 27W - Line 48 |
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Daniel R. Arnold |
13 May 69
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Panel 25W - Line 93 |
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Daniel Moreland Sheehan |
17 Jun 69
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Panel 20W - Line 12 |
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Lon Michael Holupko |
10 Jul 69
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Panel 21W - Line 93 |
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Stanley John Lento |
24 Jul 69
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Panel 20W - Line 40 |
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Paul John Salminen |
24 Jul 69
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Panel 20W - Line 41 |
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Archie Hugh Mc Daniel, Jr. |
24 Jul 69
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Panel 20W - Line 41 |
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John Charles Williams |
11 Aug 69
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Panel 19W - Line 6 |
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Kenneth Eugene Burch |
11 Aug 69
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Panel 20W - Line 128 |
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Julius Zaporozec |
17 Nov 69
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Panel 16W - Line 91 |
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David Torres |
17 Nov 69
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Panel 16W - Line 91 |
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William Joseph Francis |
9 Mar 70
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Panel 13W - Line 100 |
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Carl John Laker |
17 Jun 70
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Panel 9W - Line 60 |
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Deverton Carpenter Cochrane |
17 Jun 70
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Officially listed as MIA |
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Carl Richard McCarthy, Jr. |
20 Sep 70
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Panel 07W - Line 78 |
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Michael Dean Banta |
2 Oct 70
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Panel 7W - Line105 |
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Omer Price Carson |
7 Dec 70
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Panel 6W - Line 112 |
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Timothy Vaughn Harper |
17 Feb 71
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Panel 5W - Line 113 |
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Thomas Emings Smith |
20 Feb 72
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Panel 2W - Line 108 |
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Jaime Pacheco |
25 May 72
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Panel 1W - Line 32 |
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Elvis Weldon Osborne, Jr. |
9 Jun 72
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Panel 1W - Line 39 |
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Jeffrey Alan Maurer |
9 Jun 72
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Panel 1W - Line 39 |
The Wall
by Paul I. Alfaro
I was asleep so many years,
Trying to forget the past.
The dreams I had so long ago
Are now hidden in a misty cloud.
But sometimes a gentle wind or
A song will bring back a tear
Or two and I remember
And I hear her call.
The wall, it reaches for me.
As I feel her grip
She embraces me with loneliness
And fills my heart with sorrow.
For I see my friends
And the names of men
That shall be forever still;
Their voices no longer heard
Except as a distant cry
From the hollows deep within
The evil soul of that
Black marbled granite wall.
Fear and death were my companions
When I was young
(And thought I was a man)
But I escaped them so long ago
When I came home, from that
Far and distant land.
But the wall calls to me
And I cry now, as I could not then
For I love her, God help me.
But that marbled wall brought
My friends back again.
Yes, a fitting tribute to those
that died;
Simply names, row by row
With no reason why.
Just a black marbled granite wall,
That reaches out and makes you cry.
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