Reunion at the Wall

Annotation

Sarge Lintecum was a veteran, who served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, for twenty six months. His first tour was for eleven months, in the jungle with the 101st Airborne Division, doing search and destroy missions. His second tour was at E Company Support Battalion, at the base camp of the 101st Airborne Division, and his third tour was as a security guard with the elite Saigon Machine Gun Patrol.1 He released a few albums of Vietnam War-related material. On the blues rock album he released the song "Reunion at the Wall", which started out with the intro: "I'd like to dedicated this song to all the GIs whose names are on the Wall". The narrator said that he was going to the memorial wall in D.C. to visit his friends that he served with in Vietnam.Sources1vietnamblues.com — Sarge Lintecum↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs

Sarge Lintecum was a veteran, who served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, for twenty six months. His first tour was for eleven months, in the jungle with the 101st Airborne Division, doing search and destroy missions. His second tour was at E Company Support Battalion, at the base camp of the 101st Airborne Division, and his third tour was as a security guard with the elite Saigon Machine Gun Patrol.1 He released a few albums of Vietnam War-related material. On the blues rock album he released the song "Reunion at the Wall", which started out with the intro: "I'd like to dedicated this song to all the GIs whose names are on the Wall". The narrator said that he was going to the memorial wall in D.C. to visit his friends that he served with in Vietnam. Sources1vietnamblues.com — Sarge Lintecum↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: I'm going to see some friends of mine / I'm going to Washington / Some years ago I used to know these boys in Vietnam / Yeah I am going to see my friends in Washington / Well we were all young and crazy / When we were scared you'd never know / We took out the planes and partied real hard / And went when Uncle Sam said go / Yeah I'm gonna see them / Going to Washington / Well they're all back together now / There holding there heads up proud / I know I'll cry as I read there names as I stand before the Wall / Stand before the Wall, it was a long long time again / But time don't heal our wounds / So I'm going to see some friends of mine / Cause I got those Vietnam blues / We'll all be back together when I stand before the Wall

About the artist

Three-tour Vietnam combat veteran (101st Airborne, 1966-68) turned blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player; Purple Heart recipient. Based in the Phoenix/Tempe, Arizona area. Died 2025, aged 78, and was buried at the National Cemetery of Arizona. [Source: artist website vietnamblues.com; Fox 10 Phoenix obituary]

Themes

Vet · Military · Draft · Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

In collections

Draft Songs · US Military & Veteran Songs · Veterans Memorial Wall Songs