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.

 

RANGER
ROBERT PATRICK McCORMICK
 196th LIB (LRRP)

RANGER
JAMES EDWARD KESSELHON
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
JOHN WILLIE  BENNETT
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
STEPHEN JOHN CHANEY
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
RAYMOND CHARLES GARCIA
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDEN
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
SOLOMON KALUA JR
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
ALAN FRANCIS ANGELL
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
GEORGE THOMAS OLSEN
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
DANIEL P McLAUGHLIN
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
DAVID JAMES OHM
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
HAROLD EDWARD BASEHORE 
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
TERRY ERNEST ALLEN
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
BRADLEY KEITH WATTS
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
EDWARD GERARD MATHERN
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSON
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
JOSEPH JESS GAVIA
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
LARRY ALLEN MACKEY
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
RAMON SANCHEZ  HERNANDEZ
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTT
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
BARRY HOWARD BERGER
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSON
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
RANGER
JOEL WAYNE  FORRESTER
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
DAVID LEE MEYER
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
EDWARD MARTIN  LENTZ
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
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LARRY JOE WHITE
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
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THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDEN
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
JOSE ENRIQUE TORRES
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)
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STEVEN KARL BROOKS
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
DANNY GERALD STUDDARD
CO G 75TH INF (RGR)
RANGER
HAROLD WILLIAM  KROSKE
CO E 51ST INF (LRP)

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SPENCER TIMOTHY KAROL
E51 LRS