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Famous Marines "Once a Marine, Always a Marine" "...the strength of the Corps is the Marine, the strength
of the Marine is the Corps."
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This list is comprised of
people whose main fame comes from their life OUTSIDE their military service,
and
should not be confused with "Noteworthy Marines", although the two are not
mutually exclusive.
My father, his brother, and three uncles were in the Army.
My husband and an uncle were in the Navy.
Only my great uncle, Bill, was in the Marines.
But when I was two years old, I fell in love with the Corps.
Next to a newborn baby and a few select brides, what could be as gloriously
beautiful as a Marine in his dress blues?
Not much!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_U.S._Marines
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PHOTO | NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | OTHER CLAIM TO FAME | |||
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Don Adams (Donald James Yarmy) |
13 Apr 1923
New York City, NY |
25 Sept 2005 Los Angeles, CA |
* Actor
geocities.com/SunsetStrip/ |
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Birney Adams (Birney A. Adams) |
03 June 1926
Tacoma, WA |
19 Apr 2014 Vashon Island (King Co.), WA |
ussslcca25.com/adams.htm
* Served as XO, Marine Detachment, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) before taking command of the Marine Detachment, USS Macon while in port at Oslo.
* Enlisted Marine in WW II
* 1950 - Commissioned * Infantry Company Commander in Korea: injured by enemy fire on three occasions and awarded the Purple Heart on each combat injury.
3 Purple Hearts awarded:
14 Sept 1951 - combat action at Hill 749, Korea;
15 Sept 1951 - combat action at Hill 749, Korea.;
12 Oct 1951 - combat at
Hill 803, Korea.
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Joe Agee (Joseph Schroth Agee) |
10 Feb 1931 Portsmouth, VA |
Living |
* 1954 - 1958 Taught
Physical Education and U.S. History, Coached 5 sports (Head Basketball
Coach for three years) at Warwick High School.
* 1958 - 1999 Taught
Kinesiology for 34 years at College of William and Mary. Coached for 41
straight years, including basketball, baseball, football, soccer and golf
('64-'99)
* Served in Korea - 03/01/53
to 04/01/54.*
* Offered a Baseball
contract with Pittsburgh Pirates; received draft notice from Army;
accepted commission
in the USMCR. |
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Bea Arthur (Bernice Frankel) |
13 May 1923 New York City, NY |
25 Apr 2009 Los Angeles, CA (Cancer) |
*SSgt. USMC
1943-45 WW II. Enlisted and assigned as typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then
air stations in VA and NC. |
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Harry Atkinson (Harry Eugene Atkinson) |
about 1920 (probably) Hampton, VA |
30 June 2001 Newport News, VA |
* Attorney * Mayor of Newport News, VA * City Councilman for Newport News, VA |
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F. Lee
Bailey (Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.) |
10 June 1933
Waltham, MA |
Living |
* Attorney
law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ |
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Hank
Barbe (Henry James Barbe) |
17 Jan 1974
San Antonio, TX |
Living |
* Blanco High School,
Class of 1992 * Football Coach * My Friend * LDS Fast Tracker * Awesome Dude |
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Harold W. Bauer (Harold William Bauer) |
20 Nov 1908 Woodruff, KS |
KIA 14 Nov 1942 |
* United States Naval Academy,
Class of 1930
acepilots.com
usmc.mil/moh.nsf/ |
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Chick Bennett (Charles C. Bennett) |
26 Mar 1944 Millville, NJ |
Living |
* Millvill NJ Police Officer until 1 Nov 1992 * Private Detective until 2002 |
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DaNang,
Vietnam - 26 Mar 1965 - 21st Birthday |
Millvill, NJ Police Officer | 1 Jan 2004 | |||||
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Clinton Bennett (Clinton Jay Bennett) |
15 Apr 1966 Litchfield, IL |
Living |
* Civil Servant * My Oldest Son's Brother-in-Law * My Friend |
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Rod Carew (Rodney Cline Carew) |
01 Oct 1945
Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama |
Living |
* Baseball Hall of Famer
baseballhalloffame.org/ |
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Drew Carey (Drew Allison Cary) |
23 May1958
Cleveland, OH |
Living |
* Actor |
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Philip Carey (Eugene Joseph Carey) |
15 Jul 1925
Hackensack, NJ |
06 Feb 2009 New York City, NY |
* Actor |
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David Carradine (John Arthur Carradine) |
08 Dec 1936 Hollywood, CA |
Living | * Actor
geocities.com/Hollywood/ |
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James Carville
(Chester James Carville, Jr.) |
25 Oct 1944 Fort Benning, GA |
Living | * Political Strategist and Manager | ||
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Roberto
Clemente (Roberto Clemente Walker) |
08 Aug 1934
Carolina, Puerto Rico |
31 Dec 1972
(plane crash) |
* Baseball
Hall of Famer |
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1st LT Coffman (second from
left) serving with the 3rd Force Recon Company, Vietnam, 1968.
He was given a battlefield
commission.
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![]() GySgt "Buck" Coffman USMC dining with President Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam - "Buck" was awarded the Navy Cross by the President that day, and it was featured in Life Magazine, November 4, 1966, Page 27. (L to R) Lt Hammer, United States Army; President Lyndon B. Johnson, Gunnery Sergeant Clovis C. Coffman, Jr. USMC |
![]() Lt. Col. Clovis C. "Buck" Coffman, USMC |
Buck Coffman (Clovis Clyde Coffman, Jr.)
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12 Dec 1931 |
27 Aug 2001 Virginia Beach, VA |
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Craddock High School, Class of 1950 * Artist * Author
members.tripod.com/~rq
homeofheroes.com/verify/
ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC |
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Gerald W. Colbert
(Gerald Warren Colbert) |
31 Dec 1928 Mount Vernon, NY |
27 Jan 2014 Nassau, NY
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ |
* Served in the United States
Marine Corps from 1947 to 1952; Honorably Discharged with the Rank of Sergeant * Served in the Mount Vernon, New York Police Department from 1952 to 1988; Retired with the Rank of Lieutenant * Life Member of the Marine Corps League * International Police Association - USA Section - Region 11 (Florida/South) |
1947 - PFC Gerald W. Colbert, USMC | Cpl. Gerald W. Colbert, USMC | 17 Dec 1981 - Lt. Gerald W. Colbert | Gerald W. Colbert, USMC | ||||
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Danny Coleman (Dan Lee Coleman) |
19 Oct 1945 Newport News, VA |
Living |
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Newport News High School, Class of 1963 * My Friend * USMC/Combat Engineer * Retired from sales, 2004 * Writer for 11 years (novels/newspaper) * Now writing again, without the pressure * Developing trademark, IVY BRIDGE, a private label clothing mark * Designing new marks for eventual retail/wholesale marketing |
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Rip Collins (Russell Eugene Collins) |
30 Nov 1946 Washington, DC |
Living |
*
Newport News High School, Class of 1965 * My Friend |
Fall 1955 |
Newport News High School, Class of 1965 |
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Chuck Colson (Charles Wendell Colson) |
16 Oct 1931 Boston, MA |
Living |
* Attorney * Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy — 1955–1956 * Founder - Prison Fellowship Ministries - 1976 * Author
pfm.org/Template.cfm?Section |
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Lt. C. W.
Colson
Camp
LeJeune, NC
Summer 1953
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Lt. C. W.
Colson
Camp
LeJeune, NC
Summer 1953
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Richard Coltrane (Richard Brooks Coltrane, Jr.) |
Living |
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Newport News High
School, Class of 1957 * University of Virginia * Selected for Officer Candidate School and was commissioned after successful completion of the OCS course at Quantico, VA; served three years in the Corps and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 when his unit, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp LeJeune, NC was embarked in USS Chilton (APA-38). |
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Newport News High School, Class of 1957 |
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Syd Dearing (Sydney Clyde Dearing, Sr.) |
30 Dec 1918 Hampton, VA |
16 Feb 2002 Norfolk, VA (brain aneurysm) |
* Professional Jazz Pianist * Survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima * Storekeeper with C&O Railroad * Father of Sydney Dearing, Newport News High School, Class of 1956 |
Monday, February 26, 1945 | 1945 | Wednesday, July 11, 1945 | in his office at the C & O | ||||
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Brian
Dennehy (Brian Mannion Dennehy) |
09 Jul 1938
Bridgeport, CT |
Living |
* Actor |
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Laz Diaz (Lazaro Antonio Diaz) |
29 Mar 1963 Miami, FL |
Living |
* Major League Umpire mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ mlb/team/mlb_team_ umpires_bio.jsp?id=2332
ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/
centredaily.com/mld/centre |
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Andre Dubus (Andre Jules Dubus) |
11 Aug 1936
Lake Charles, LA |
24 Feb 1999
Haverhill, MA (heart attack) |
* Author |
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![]() U.S. Marine David Douglas Duncan. Photograph by Lt. Richard M. Nixon, USNR Bougainville, 1944. |
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David Douglas Duncan |
23 Jan 1916 Kansas City, MO |
Living |
* Photographer
hrc.utexas.edu/
theartists.org |
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R. Lee Ermey (Ronald Lee Ermey) |
24 Mar 1944
Emporia, KS |
Living |
* Actor |
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Don Everly (Isaac Donald Everly) |
1 Feb 1937 Brownie, KY |
Living | * Musicians | ||||
Phil Everly (Phillip Everly) |
19 Jan 1939 Chicago, IL |
Living | |||||
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Gary Farnsworth (George Gary Farnsworth) |
Living in Sparks, NV |
*
Newport News High School, Class of 1958 |
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Gary Fitzgerald (Gary Wayne Fitzgerald) |
8 Sep 1943 Newport News, VA |
Living |
*
Newport News High School, Class of 1961 * My Friend |
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Glenn Ford (Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford) |
1 May 1916 Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada |
3o Aug 2006 Beverly Hills, CA |
* Actor |
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Shelby Foote (Shelby Dade Foote, Jr.) |
17 Nov 1916 Greenville, MS |
27 June 2005 Memphis, TN (heart attack) |
* Novelist * Historian |
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Mark Fuhrman (Mark James Fuhrman) |
05 Feb 1952 Los Angeles, CA |
Living |
* Homicide Detective, Los Angeles Police Department * Producer |
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Famous Marines - Part II : Additional Marine Corps Sites, Images, Backgrounds, and Stories
The United States Marine Corps Hymn
Words: L.Z.
Phillips (?) (1919)
Music: Jacques Offenbach from Genevieve de Brabant (1868)
From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine. Our flag's unfurled to every breeze From dawn to setting sun; We have fought in ev'ry clime and place Where we could take a gun; In the snow of far-off Northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes; You will find us always on the job-- The United States Marines. Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.
"Marine Corps Hymn" lyrics courtesy of http://www.fiftiesweb.com/usa/marine.htm "Marine Corps Hymn" midi courtesy of http://www.f11view.net/usaflag/midmusic/marine2.mid
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If you (or a family
member) served our nation as a member of the United States Marine Corps,
and would consent to being included on this page, please send your full name, date and place of birth, other occupations, and any images (those in dress blues are always treasured!) of your choice to the Web Mistress: Carol Buckley Harty of NC: cluckmeat@yahoo.com Thank you. |
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