JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VETERAN 65-68
HONORING A BRAVE MARINE
SOME CAME HALF WAY ROUND THE WORLD FROM PLACE LIKE BANGOR MAINE, FROM THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS FROM THE PLAIN STATE AND THE STATES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.TO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOME CAME FROM OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA AND AUSTRALIA AND IRELAND, MANY CAME FROM THE AMERICAN TERR. LIKE PURETO RICO AND GUAM. THEY CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY. TO HELP A FREE NATION SURVIVE. THESE MARINES GAVE THIER ALL SO THAT OTHERS WOULDNT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS THING CALLED FREEDOM. THANK YOU SIR'S SEMPER FI I KNOW YOU ARE GUARDING THE STREETS OF HEAVEN HAND SALUTE
Nov 24, 2014 |
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Rb Pearce
Marine Sgt Nam 66'67'
Remembering a fellow Pa Vet on the date of his loss. Rest In peace. Semper Fi
Nov 24, 2014 |
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Garnet Jenkins
garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~ In Humble Gratitude, For Your Sacrifice ~
It is an Honor to pay tribute to Pfc Stephen Frank Selgrade, with So Much Gratitude for his Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of Sgt. David Dickinson, who also made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam in 1967.....~TELL THEM OF US AND SAY...FOR THEIR TOMORROWS...WE GAVE OUR TODAY.~
Nov 24, 2008 |
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j d
Forty years today
PFC: Today is forty years since you gave all for our country and our Corps. Someday we will meet in Heaven with its streets guarded by United States Marines. We served our tours in Hell. Semper Fi!!
Nov 24, 2008 |
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manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. "He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother”. Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless You for your Sacrifice!!!
Nov 24, 2007 |
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Corporal J.T. Bryan, United States Marine Corps
jbryan@farmersagent.com
* * Fellow Marine * *
PFC Selgrade... May you rest in God's loving arms forever. Thank you for serving our great country & allowing us to breathe freely. May the good Lord be with your family & friends as they think of you often. Semper Fidelis, Cpl Bryan, Headquarters, The Great Third Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force of the Pacific, 1972-74.
Nov 24, 2007 |
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Jack Newell
jackson97@comcast.net
Brother Viet Vet
The 1967 John Bartram High School graduate moved to Delaware County from Southwest Philadelphia in January 1968, 16 days before joining the Marine Corps. The 19-year-old private first class, a rifelman with Company K of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, was killed on November 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. He was survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. Stephen lived on Chestnut Street, in Colwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Source: Philadelphia Daily News 10/26/1987
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Sylvia Silva
tazzisilva@worldnet.att.net
None
El Paso, TX 79924 USA
I Read Your Friend's Post
Stephen, I never knew you. I read your friend's post on the Virtual Wall and looked you up here. You were much loved, and it shook me up to know that you knew you weren't coming home. I'm sorry. Rest in peace.
Tuesday, May 07, 2002 |
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Jim McIlhenney
christianamacks@comcast.net
Philly Viet Nam Marine & Friend
3 Area Men Die in Vietnam
Following article taken in part from The Philadelphia Inquirer appeared on November 30, 1968. The three men mentioned are Sp/4 Raymond Ahern Jr. and PFC's Harry T. Kite Jr. and Stephen F. Selgrade. Marine Pfc. Stephen Selgrade, 19, of 106 Chestnut st., Colwyn, Delaware County. Pfc. Selgrade lived in Colwyn for 16 days before joining the Marines last January. He had lived at 54th and Kingsessing ave., previously. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Selgrade Sr. of Colwyn. After training at Parris Island, SC and Camp Lejuene, NC and San Diego, he shipped out with the 3d Regiment, 26th Marine Division on September 26. He was killed Sunday during a military sweep of the DMZ.In his last letter home he said the bombing halt was hurting the fighting men in Vietnam, and told of the combat mission he was about to take part in. He was engaged to Catherine (Cass) Kennedy, 18, of 5527 Linmore ave. Beside his parents, he leaves two brothers, George Jr., 24, and Thomas 13, and a sister, Mrs Eleanor Thompson, 22. SEMPER FIDELIS MARINE!
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