That is a beautiful tribute, NnB. Thank you for sharing it.
Do you really have a cousin whose name is on the wall? As far as I know, there isn't a name there that I would recognize.
My little brother made it home. He was in Thailand but I'm sure there are names on the wall that he would recognize. I'll ask him if he would like to go whenever I go.
"Do you really have a cousin whose name is on the wall?" Yes. Sadly, it is true. I think he was about twenty. My brother was very attached to him, being proud of the fact that they had a given name in common.
Like many of the era, he went when he was called, and did his duty without complaining.
I dare say, if he had it to do over again, he would only try to keep his head down more.
As mentioned above, my name is there too. But I'm not dead yet.