This is my traditional song for Memorial Day and Veteran's Day.

Touch a Name on the Wall
Joel Mabus

I guess you could call it our summer of freedom,
The year that we both turned 18.
We hitchhiked to Denver, fresh out of high school,
Man, we were sights to be seen.
That was the year that you dated my cousin,
'Til they took us away in the fall.
And Lord how I wish you were standing here with me,
As I touch your name on the wall.

CHO:
Touch a name on the wall,(2X)
Lord help us all, touch a name on the wall.

Each time I come here, I wear my fatigues,
To honor the men that I knew.
And I touch every name that came from my outfit,
And read 'em out loud when I do.
Some people say that they all died for nothin',
But I can't completely agree.
'Cause this brother here, he didn't die for no country,
He died for me. CHO:

Usually walls are just made for division,
They separate me from you.
But God bless the wall that brings us together,
And reminds us of what we've been through.
And God damn the liars and the tin-plated heroes,
That trade on the blood of these men.
And God give us the strength to stand up and tell 'em, Never again! CHO:

Roger in Baltimore SP5, 959th Quartermaster Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, First Logistics Division, Quin Nhon, VN, 1970 - 1971.