Lewis J.Mizelle

Served: 1970

Address:
Hertford, NC. 27944
Lewis Mizelle and Robert
Miller arriving at the 104th.

A dead soldier was facing God,
For lives will always pass;
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward, now
How shall I deal with you;
Have you always turned the other cheek,
To my bible always true?"

The soldier snapped to attention,
"No, Lord, I guess I aint;
It seems that we who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint."

"I've had to work most Sundays,
My work was always rough;
At times I have been violent,
Because the job was tough."

"But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep;
Though I worked a lot of overitme,
When my bills became to steep."

"I never passed a cry for help,
But often shook with fears,
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I have wept unmanly tears."

"I know I don't deserve a place,
Among these good folks here;
They never wanted me around,
Unless a war was near."

"But if you have room for me,
It need not be too grand;
I never had, or needed much,
Im sure you understand."

A silence fell around that throne,
Where saints had often trod;
The dead soldier, with baited breath,
Feared judgement from his God.

"Step forward now, U.S. soldier,
You've borne your burdens well;
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done you're time in hell."
Gary Ferren, Lewis Mizell, and Andy Mullis, About Lewis Mizell we
went through infantry together, went to Nam together and came home
together. I took him to the bus station and that was the last I ever saw
of him,  wish I had gotten hold of him earler.
Andy Mullis
Mizell. Great guy liked by all.  
Easy going, great laugh, Lewis
and I were under my truck
when we were attacked in
Cambodia (Sgt.  Curtis May
was in the cab of my truck).
Lewis, who was also from
North Carolina, had a deep
love of  family, friends, and
his hometown. I was lucky to
have known him.
Gary Farren