Memorial Funeral - Arlington National Cemetery

FACES of the WALL

Veterans who served in Vietnam are on a monumental mission: Gathering photos of the 58,272 who didn't make it home.

About 200 volunteers are working to find a picture for each name etched in the black granite Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. More than 23,000 photos have already come in, and the plan is to display them in a nearby education center, opening in 2014.

"You see how much of life they had ahead," says Dr. Linda Schwartz, who was an Air Force nurse in Vietnam. "People need to see these faces as the real cost of war."

Many of our 41st/6913th Bremerhaven friends also served in Vietnam, or know someone who did, or have relatives or friends' names on this wall. It's particularly important this Veteran's Day (11/11/11) to take the time to pray and reflect on this terrible time in our military history.

More information may be found at: www.buildthecenter.org

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund: www.vvmf.org

The Military Honors Burial included the
Presentation of the United States Flag,
21-Gun Salute, and Bugler - (August, 2007)

(Special Thanks to daughter Debra Burchett-Lere for sharing this information)

Photos, courtesy of 'Mac' McCarville, who drove to Arlington from
Ohio with Don Scheidler, and met Bob Burnside and Bob Guthrie

"A very touching ceremony. Chuck had a very distinguished career
and was very highly decorated in the service and was highly thought
of as well as being a good friend. We will miss him..."