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Rodger D. Williams and Jessie C. Alba never knew each other yet their names will forever be linked as the last two soldier etched onto the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

As these students causally walked pass the names of the dead, I wondered if anyone that didn’t server or encounter the horrors of war truly understand the word sacrifice.

The average age of death for a soldier on the Memorial Wall is 21.

JESSIE C. ALBA
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
101st Airborne Division
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Dec 14, 1967
Casualty was on May 25, 1968
In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 70E – Line 1.

ROGER D. WILLIAMS
LCPL – E3 – Marine Corps – Regular
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Nov 29, 1967
Casualty was on May 24, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Panel 70E – Line 1.