THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Your Silver Star citation attests to your courage and devotion to your fellow soldiers. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever.

Dear Sgt Harry Walling, Thank you for your service as a Special Forces Qualified Radio Operator. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart . Halloween is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

There isn't a day that goes by that my dad isn't in my thoughts... To all that have posted here in the past, thank you! As long as we remember our true heros, say their names and truly appreciate the ultimate sacrifice they made .. then they will never be gone....as for dad... He was not required to go to Vietnam, especially since he had 3 small children and a wife.. but he went because he truly believed that Freedom was something you have to fight for ....

Taken from “Daily News Briefs,” Saigon, RVN, August 26, 1964, at ttu.edu.

CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Harry Allen Walling, United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations as a member of Detachment A5-113, 5th Special Forces (Airborne), in Vietnam 19 June 1964. As an advisor to a combat patrol of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, Sergeant Walling was accompanying the patrol across open terrain when it was suddenly subjected to intense automatic weapons fire from an entrenched hostile battalion. Despite his dangerous position and constant exposure to the intense enemy fire, he kept the base fully appraised of the situation until his radio was destroyed. Then, with complete disregard for his own personal safety, he bravely moved from position to position, advising and encouraging the remaining elements of the friendly forces. Although constantly exposed to an overwhelming onslaught of heavy gun fire, he continued his valiant efforts until mortally wounded. Through his courageous leadership and unfaltering devotion to duty, the friendly units were afforded the opportunity to re-deploy to a more tenable position. Sergeant Walling's conspicuous gallantry and unselfish actions are in the highest traditions of the United States Army, and reflect great credit upon himself and the military service.
See https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/141038