What healing!
. . Contributed By James F.Albrigtsen On Sunday, November 20, 2005
I have been to the wall on numerous times and never did I walk away feeling in any way.healed. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran and all others I have known and know have said the same as I and feel the same. The only feeling I ever got from the wall was overwhelming sadness and a feeling of great loss. I have a book coming out soon called "No More Tears for the Dead!" It is about all I have gone through since coming back and I hope to leave some copies at the wall by the names of all I knew that didn't come back. To myself and other I know, the wall is one giant gravestone and that is it, the loss is far too great to heal anything. For some that weren't in Nam, like family and friends, this wall may help them and I hope it does, but as for all vets I know most feel as I do!

Did you know my father
. . Contributed By Cindy On Thursday, November 24, 2005
Looking for anyone who knew my father. All I know is what is on his gravestone. He died when Iwas a baby. James (Jim) Darryl Fox, Oregon, Sp5, COC, 2Bn, 1st Inf Div, SS, BSM PH. He died Jan 20, 1970 ground casualty , Binh Long. I don't know what all this means but I know someone does and please if you knew him I would like to know what he was like. Help me fill this emptiness with memories . Thank you God Bless all of you !

Sgt. Danny Swofford
. . Contributed By Boyce Crow On Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Trying to find anybody who knew Danny Swofford, 1st Cav. Div. KIA 5/19/68 in Quang Tri. All his relatives are getting old and would like to know what happened. Any info. would be appreciated.

Do you know I exist?
. . Contributed By Erika On Thursday, December 08, 2005
For many of us Vietnam babies we wonder did our father's make it? Did he even know he was going to be a father? I know for myself, I have wondered if my father even made it through the war and if I would have been daddy's little girl.We can't change the past but if I had one wish .I would like to meet my father. He was one of thousands of hero's I am sure.but for sure.he is a part of me and I would love to meet him. If you were stationed in Ft. Wolters TX around Christmas of 67-68 and knew a Mike Kulisek? that dated a Sandy Reed please email me. I am not asking for anything but to fill the void. In the subject matter please use reference Kulisek-Ft Wolters. Happy Holidays to you all! God Bless

Wall visit
. . Contributed By Robert Flournoy On Sunday, December 11, 2005
The Wall The second time I went to the Vietnam Memorial was more meaningful than the first. That initial time in 1982 was a circus. Absolute carnival atmosphere that agitated, angered me. Balloons, snacks, crowded, an absolute lack of the sober subdued holy atmosphere that I expected, and that in my mind the shrine demanded. The place was still relatively new, and it was a summer Saturday with the sun shining which encouraged the throngs to turn out, including, unfortunately, a couple hundred guys who thought that they needed to dress up like bikers in old fatigues which were plastered with ribbons and patches, boonie hats and the obligatory granny shades. And head bands. And drooping mustaches. All carrying on with one another, hugging, power hand shaking, crocodile tears, milling around on the path directly in front of the black depths of that wall, here I am check me out. Dude. Total bull shit. I have found that for every ten guys who tell you they were in 'Nam, many of them are probably lying, and when it comes to who did what, most of them were airborne ranger CIB gunslinging bad asses who stalked the jungle with cold steel resolve and by God I've earned my booze but don't talk to me too much about it because once established that I am the real deal then we just don't go there, you know, man? Total bull shit. Second trip was also a Saturday, many years later, in the fall, nippy with some bluster in the wind, fading color in the hardwoods. A couple of dozen older people pausing reflectively in front of the mirrored, shining sea of names, some hesitantly rubbing the inscriptions off onto various flimsies and fabrics, almost apologetically, standing silently looking down at their work to see if some magic would appear, some who looked at the name they had sought out with a sense of bewilderment, trying to comprehend after 30 years or more. A few guys my age, jeans, sweatshirts, light jackets, graying, thinning hair, standing off a little with arms crossed, unmoving, looking for something that they were not having any luck finding; quiet, pensive, detached. I stood awhile, apart, eyes glazing off into the distant depths of the marble, wandered off, found a to go coffee and drifted back onto the grass to resume watch for awhile longer. I didn't seek out the names this time. I knew where they were. And I left.Bob Flournoy Arty FO, 2/8th Inf 1st Cav rwflournoy@aol.com

Looking for James Hall Jr.
. . Contributed By Howard E. Campbell Jr. On Monday, December 19, 2005
James Hall is one of several buddies I have been trying to locate for since 1972. We were members of the 506th Transportation Army Depo located at Long Binh in Vietnam. We were part of a group of guys that beacame very good buddies. For me it was the brothers I never had. It was harder for me to leave them behind in Vietnam than it was to leave my Family for my 14 monthS "Tour of Duty". I never knew what it was like to have friends and a bunch of guys that you could count on. My reasn for trying to locate Jim is, I just need to know if he is okay and that he returned home safe and sound. Max Gilmore had been a good friend to Jim evan before they were assigned to the 506th. During the time we spent together along with ,(last names only), Langraf,Wetzel,Eastherday our duties inpart was convoys,staging areas,and many times going on those convoys searching for Flatbeds and Semis. As for my self I had aquired a couple Nike Names, one was SOUPY AND THE OTHER WAS B.J. I got that second one because whenever I had Beef Jerky I shared it with every one. During my Tour, I would get a lot of care boxes each one would be shared with everyone. Come Christmas time it was difficult not knowing if these guys would get cards from home. Thats not saying they did't get letters from home but mail call for them was on the light side most of the time. After I returned home everything was differant, or at least it felt that way. I have never been able to have friends ater my TOUR OF DUTY, only because they could compare to the ones I left behind in Vietnam. I made a vow that I could not allow my self to have another friend/friends and that close of a bond again in my life. I truly felt that had lost the best friends that anyone could hope to have. After almost 35 years that still holds true. Most likely they will never know how much they meant to me and still do.

SEARCHING AND INFORMATION OF VETERAN
. . Contributed By GEORGE R. FOWLER On Friday, December 30, 2005
I am looking for any veteran who knew CWO Jack W. Brunson who went missing May 31st 1971 and was finally found and is laying in honor with those at Arlington. Also to those of the 1st Cav Div in 1965 at Ia Drang who remember a medic named Terry Fowler. He is my brotyher and he passed away the day before Thanksgiving of this year shortly after receiving his disability approval from the VA. He was proud of his division and rightly so. If anyone knew him as well as JAck Brunson please contact me at powmia66@yahoo.com. I would appreciate it very much. Thank you - GEORGE R. FOWLER-MACV II CORPS G-2 1966

Leslie Harrington
. . Contributed By sstring3@comcast.net On Monday, January 02, 2006
Leslie was my brother. He is now deceased. Looking to connect with someone that knew him in Vietnam. 1967-1969.

Looking for 2 friends.
. . Contributed By Madelyn Robertson On Friday, January 06, 2006
I lost two very good friends in Vietman war. They were both my neighbors and we also graduated grammar and high school together. Does anyone know of Joaquim Vaz Rebelo,from Newark, New Jersey, Lance Corporal USMC, KIA 5/13/67, Quang Nam, South Vietnam and Leon Earl Bell, from Newark , New Jersey, USMC, KIA 7/2/67 Quang Tri, South Vietnam. If someone does know of either of these two please E mail me. The last time I saw them was before they were sent over to a place I barely knew existed . I know God is keeping them ever near and I also know that on their fatefull days they both went straight to heaven because they had spent their time in hell.

Looking For Any One Who Knew Paul L. Clark
. . Contributed By Joe Brown On Wednesday, January 18, 2006
I am looking for any one who knew Sp-4 Paul L. Clark 1st Cav Div. He was KIA 9-6-67 in a helicopter crash. His mother would love to hear from any one who knew her son.