Sean Webster
Sean joined the Marines fresh out of High School. He had always loved physical activities, growing up mastering swimming, soccer and skateboarding. Physical challenges were in his blood and he wanted to put himself in with the best of the best. He said they were the toughest, they had the hardest boot camp, and they […]
Chad Weddington
Chad Trevor Weddington, 38 of Parkersburg, passed away Wednesday May 27, 2015. He was preceded in death by his brother, Matt Weddington. Chad worked as a cable splicer for Frontier Communications. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps. He and his wife, Kim attended the Wayside United Methodist Church, Vienna. In his […]
James Wheeler
The journey to find my brother.I was placed up for adoption at birth and was reunited with my birth family in 1996. I was told I had an older brother who was a Marine. I was so excited to learn that. Unfortunately he lived in Massachusetts and I wasn’t ever able to meet him. You […]
Kyle Whisler
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/for-her-brother-ashley-vows/article_330c3155-b406-536d-9d56-acb7ee94aa81.html Earlier this year, a study by the U.S. government revealed the prevalence of suicide among military veterans was much higher than originally expected, with 22 deaths a day — or one death nearly every hour. Released by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the study covered suicides from 1999 to 2010. The U.S. military also […]
Stephen Keyes
Stephen proudly served his country with multiple tours of deployment, including Haiti and Afghanistan. Stephen will be remembered for his loving, caring, sensitive nature and love of the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. His cousin is SPC Sean O’Dell, who is also in the “Our Heroes” album. Here is a link that includes both of […]
Chad Lechlinski
“Chad’s hobbies were fishing and hunting and spending time with his family – he was so in love with his wife and he loved his two kids dearly, but he just couldn’t take the demons in his head that the PTSD caused, along with the TBI.”‘Jerome will be remembered by his family and friends as […]
Rocky Littlewind
“My brother Rocky was my number one the day he was born. I promised him I would always take care of him. My sister and I helped raise him in his early years. We doted on him and his brother Ray who was just a little older than him. He was a fighter. So much […]
Jason Lopez
Jason was 26 years of age when he took his own life. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corps for four years as a Sergeant and received two Purple Hearts. He was wounded in the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq. Upon honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, he had severe PTSD with 100% […]
Jeffrey Lucey
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/lucey/ ‘Something happened to Jeff’Jeff Lucey returned from Iraq a changed man. Then he killed himself.By Irene Sege, Globe Staff | March 1, 2005BELCHERTOWN — Less than three weeks before he committed suicide, Jeffrey Lucey, lance corporal in the Marine Reserves, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, totaled his parents’ Nissan Altima.He wasn’t drunk when he […]
Janos Lutz
LCpl Janos V Lutz, USMC May 27, 1988 – January 12, 2013 It was 5:00 am October 31, 2006 while most teenagers were sleeping soundly in their beds dreaming about the Halloween parties occurring later that day, my 18 year old son Janos Lutz (John) was being transported to Parris Island where he would begin […]