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01-23-05, 08:07 PM
2d Marine Division holds memoral service
Submitted by: 2nd Marine Division
Story Identification #: 2005121153223
Story by Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 19, 2005) -- With family, friends and fellow service members in attendance, a memorial service was held at the base theater for the fallen Marines and sailor of 2d Marine Division who gave their lives in support of the War on Terrorism.
A total of 53 service members from the division were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan from April 9 to Dec. 31, 2004.
“We came together today to honor the 53 humble heroes,” said Navy Capt. Mark L. Tidd the 2d Marine Division chaplain.
“These were Marines you could trust to watch your back,” said Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, commanding general, 2d Marine Division. “They loved their country.”
With the lights low and the crowd quiet, the theater was somber with 53 monuments positioned on the stage for all to see. As the service progressed, the general made his speech followed by battalion commanders reading scriptures from the Bible.
Tidd was the last to speak before roll call for the fallen comrades. He spoke of what encompasses courage. First was strength, which Marines spend countless hours doing physical training to get prepared for combat, he said. They also do training to better prepare them for situations that arise in combat.
Tidd next spoke of leadership where every Marine is a leader in his own way. Not everyone is born with leadership qualities, but when they are in this line of work they are going to be leaders at one time or another, he said.
The last part of courage comes from the soul, Tidd added. People who have the first two and not believing in themselves don’t have courage. They can only have courage if all three pieces fit together.
Following Tidd’s remarks the names of the Marines and sailor were read off while all the participants stood in honor.
“We draw strength from those lost and then we move on. Not with our heads down, but with them held high because of those Marines and sailors dedication and courage,” Tidd said. “We owe it to them to do that.”
In Memory of:
LCpl Adam Brooks, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Dustin Fitzgerald, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Charles Hanson Jr., 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Sgt Edgar Lopez, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Vincent Sullivan, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Cpl Christopher Belchik, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Nicholas Morrison, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Sgt Michael Speer, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Andrew Zabierek, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
GySgt Ronald Baum, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Bryan Kelly, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
PFC Daniel McClenney, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
LCpl Juston Thacker, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
LCpl Russell White, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
Cpl Nathan Anderson, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Kirk Bosselmann, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Demarkus Brown, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Travis Desiato, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Bradley Faircloth, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Dimitrios Gavriel, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Todd Godwin, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Michael Halal, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Jeffery Holmes, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl David Houck, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Romulo Jimenez II, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sgt Richard Lord, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
1stLt Dan Malcom Jr., 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Gentian Marku, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl William Miller, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Bradley Parker, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Nicholas Ziolkowski, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sgt Lonny Wells, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
2dLt Ryan Leduc, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
Cpl Binh Le, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
Cpl Matthew Wyatt, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
HM3 David Cedergren, Headquarters Battalion
Sgt Christopher Heflin, Headquarters Battalion
LCpl Wesley Canning, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
LCpl Brian Schramm, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
SSgt Russell Slay, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
LCpl Timothy Creager, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Scott Dougherty, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Mark Engel, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Justin Hunt, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Jeffery Lawrence, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Ronald Payne, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Scott Vincent, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
PFC Rodricka Youmans, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Joshua Lucero, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
LCpl Cesar Machadoolmos, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
Cpl Joshua Wilfong, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
Cpl Kevin Dempsey, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion
GySgt Javier Obleas, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion
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Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005121154245/$file/050119-M-2607O-001low.jpg
Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005121154435/$file/050119-M-2607O-003low.jpg
Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
Ellie
Submitted by: 2nd Marine Division
Story Identification #: 2005121153223
Story by Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 19, 2005) -- With family, friends and fellow service members in attendance, a memorial service was held at the base theater for the fallen Marines and sailor of 2d Marine Division who gave their lives in support of the War on Terrorism.
A total of 53 service members from the division were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan from April 9 to Dec. 31, 2004.
“We came together today to honor the 53 humble heroes,” said Navy Capt. Mark L. Tidd the 2d Marine Division chaplain.
“These were Marines you could trust to watch your back,” said Maj. Gen. Richard A. Huck, commanding general, 2d Marine Division. “They loved their country.”
With the lights low and the crowd quiet, the theater was somber with 53 monuments positioned on the stage for all to see. As the service progressed, the general made his speech followed by battalion commanders reading scriptures from the Bible.
Tidd was the last to speak before roll call for the fallen comrades. He spoke of what encompasses courage. First was strength, which Marines spend countless hours doing physical training to get prepared for combat, he said. They also do training to better prepare them for situations that arise in combat.
Tidd next spoke of leadership where every Marine is a leader in his own way. Not everyone is born with leadership qualities, but when they are in this line of work they are going to be leaders at one time or another, he said.
The last part of courage comes from the soul, Tidd added. People who have the first two and not believing in themselves don’t have courage. They can only have courage if all three pieces fit together.
Following Tidd’s remarks the names of the Marines and sailor were read off while all the participants stood in honor.
“We draw strength from those lost and then we move on. Not with our heads down, but with them held high because of those Marines and sailors dedication and courage,” Tidd said. “We owe it to them to do that.”
In Memory of:
LCpl Adam Brooks, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Dustin Fitzgerald, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Charles Hanson Jr., 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Sgt Edgar Lopez, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Vincent Sullivan, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Cpl Christopher Belchik, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Nicholas Morrison, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
Sgt Michael Speer, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Andrew Zabierek, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
GySgt Ronald Baum, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
LCpl Bryan Kelly, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment
PFC Daniel McClenney, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
LCpl Juston Thacker, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
LCpl Russell White, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment
Cpl Nathan Anderson, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Kirk Bosselmann, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Demarkus Brown, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Travis Desiato, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Bradley Faircloth, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Dimitrios Gavriel, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Todd Godwin, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Michael Halal, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Jeffery Holmes, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl David Houck, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Romulo Jimenez II, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sgt Richard Lord, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
1stLt Dan Malcom Jr., 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Gentian Marku, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl William Miller, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
LCpl Bradley Parker, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Cpl Nicholas Ziolkowski, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
Sgt Lonny Wells, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment
2dLt Ryan Leduc, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
Cpl Binh Le, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
Cpl Matthew Wyatt, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment
HM3 David Cedergren, Headquarters Battalion
Sgt Christopher Heflin, Headquarters Battalion
LCpl Wesley Canning, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
LCpl Brian Schramm, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
SSgt Russell Slay, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion
LCpl Timothy Creager, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Scott Dougherty, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Mark Engel, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Justin Hunt, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Jeffery Lawrence, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Ronald Payne, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Cpl Scott Vincent, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
PFC Rodricka Youmans, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
LCpl Joshua Lucero, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
LCpl Cesar Machadoolmos, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
Cpl Joshua Wilfong, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion
Cpl Kevin Dempsey, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion
GySgt Javier Obleas, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005121154059/$file/050119-M-2607O-005low.jpg
Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005121154245/$file/050119-M-2607O-001low.jpg
Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005121154435/$file/050119-M-2607O-003low.jpg
Memorials for 52 Marines and 1 sailor were positioned on the stage at the base theater Jan. 19 for a 2d Marine Division memorial service. The theater was filled to capacity with family friends and fellow service members that wished to pay their last respects.
Photo by: Pfc. Christopher J. Ohmen
Ellie