Famous Marines

"Once a Marine, Always a Marine"

"...the strength of the Corps is the Marine, the strength of the Marine is the Corps."
- Gen. J. L. Jones, USMC, Commandant

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

1966				Don Adams (Donald James Yarmy)	13 Apr 1923 New York City, NY	25 Sept 2005 Los Angeles, CA	* Actor geocities.com/SunsetStrip/ Underground/9798/ donadams1.htm canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtists A/adams_don.html monmouth.com/~ccummins/ donadams.htm

1958				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.

				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.

		1973		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. Actress - Best remembered for her title role in the TV series Maude and as Dorothy in "Golden Girls" geocities.com/beaarthur boulevard/ lgt2.com/bea/

				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 nnhs65.com/obit-Harry-Atkinson.html nnhs65.com/10-14-09-NNHS-If-You-Wanna-Be-Happy.html

				F. Lee Bailey (Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.)	10 June 1933 Waltham, MA	Living	* Attorney * Author law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ ftrials/mylai/myl_bbailey.htm

				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

				Harold W. Bauer (Harold William Bauer)	20 Nov 1908 Woodruff, KS	KIA 14 Nov 1942	* United States Naval Academy, Class of 1930 acepilots.com /bauer/usmc_bauer1.html usmc.mil/moh.nsf/ 000003c919889c0385255 f980058f5b6/000003 c919889c0385255 f9800618fcb?OpenDocument

				Chick Bennett (Charles C. Bennett) USMC0811@comcast.net	26 Mar 1944 Millville, NJ	Living	* Millvill NJ Police Officer until 1 Nov 1992 * Private Detective until 2002
DaNang, Vietnam - 26 Mar 1965 - 21st Birthday		Millvill, NJ Police Officer	1 Jan 2004

3 Nov 1990 Lewis and Mary Harty, Clinton Bennett				Clinton Bennett (Clinton Jay Bennett)	15 Apr 1966 Litchfield, IL	Living	* Civil Servant * My Oldest Son's Brother-in-Law * My Friend

				Rod Carew (Rodney Cline Carew)	01 Oct 1945 Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama	Living	* Baseball Hall of Famer baseballhalloffame.org/ hofers_and_honorees/ hofer_bios/ carew_rod.htm pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ ballplayers/C/Carew_Rod.stm

				Drew Carey (Drew Allison Cary)	23 May1958 Cleveland, OH	Living	* Actor geocities.com/TelevisionCity/ 5927/drew.html

				Philip Carey (Eugene Joseph Carey)	15 Jul 1925 Hackensack, NJ	06 Feb 2009 New York City, NY	* Actor wchstv.com/abc/onelife/ philipcarey.html williamsmith.org/carey.html

				David Carradine (John Arthur Carradine)	08 Dec 1936 Hollywood, CA	Living	* Actor davidcarradine.org/ geocities.com/Hollywood/ Bungalow/2034/david carradinemain.html

				James Carville (Chester James Carville, Jr.)	25 Oct 1944 Fort Benning, GA	Living	* Political Strategist and Manager wordiq.com/definition/ James_Carville

				Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Walker)	08 Aug 1934 Carolina, Puerto Rico	31 Dec 1972 San Juan, Puerto Rico (plane crash)	* Baseball Hall of Famer (1973) toptown.com/hp /66/roberto.htm

1st LT Coffman (second from left) serving with the 3rd Force Recon Company, Vietnam, 1968. He was given a battlefield commission.	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.)	12 Dec 1931	27 Aug 2001 Virginia Beach, VA	* Craddock High School, Class of 1950 * Artist * Author members.tripod.com/~rq bing/memories.htm homeofheroes.com/verify/ 1_Citations/nc_19rvn_ usmcA.html ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC /USMC-M-Marshalls/USMC-M- Marshalls-V.html ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ USMC/III/USMC-III-G.html homeofheroes.com/verify/ 1_Citations/nc_19rvn_ usmcA.html
			Joint Base Fort Story, VA

		L		Gerald W. Colbert (Gerald Warren Colbert)	31 Dec 1928 Mount Vernon, NY	27 Jan 2014 Nassau, NY http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ timesunion-albany/obituary.aspx?pid=169385435	* 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

Newport News High School, Class of 1963				Danny Coleman (Dan Lee Coleman)	19 Oct 1945 Newport News, VA	Living	* 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

				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

				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 =About_Chuck_Colson& Template=/TaggedPage/ TaggedPageDisplay. cfm&TPLID=16&Content ID=6840
Lt. C. W. Colson Camp LeJeune, NC Summer 1953	Lt. C. W. Colson Camp LeJeune, NC Summer 1953

				Richard Coltrane (Richard Brooks Coltrane, Jr.)		Living	* 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).
Newport News High School, Class of 1957

				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 nnhs65.com/02-19-08-NNHS- Iwo-Jima-Plus-63-Years.html
Monday, February 26, 1945	1945	Wednesday, July 11, 1945	in his office at the C & O

				Brian Dennehy (Brian Mannion Dennehy)	09 Jul 1938 Bridgeport, CT	Living	* Actor * Producer * Director * Writer mindspring.com/~ billandsue/briandennehy .html

				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/ MGA7EV8SKED.html centredaily.com/mld/centre daily/sports/baseball/ 5642200.htm

				Walt Disney

				Andre Dubus (Andre Jules Dubus)	11 Aug 1936 Lake Charles, LA	24 Feb 1999 Haverhill, MA (heart attack)	* Author salon.com/10/reviews/ dubus1.html bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/ fiction/dubus.htm

U.S. Marine David Douglas Duncan. Photograph by Lt. Richard M. Nixon, USNR Bougainville, 1944.				David Douglas Duncan	23 Jan 1916 Kansas City, MO	Living	* Photographer hrc.utexas.edu/ exhibitions/online/ddd/ theartists.org /ArtistView.cfm?id= C5D8B352-5767-472D-8166F56A3324708E temple.edu/ photo/photographers/ duncan/bio.htm

				R. Lee Ermey (Ronald Lee Ermey)	24 Mar 1944 Emporia, KS	Living	* Actor * TV Personality rleeermey.com/

				Don Everly (Isaac Donald Everly)	1 Feb 1937 Brownie, KY	Living	* Musicians everlybrothers.com/ everly.net/ bellenet.com/everly.html
				Phil Everly (Phillip Everly)	19 Jan 1939 Chicago, IL	Living

Newport News High School, Class of 1958				Gary Farnsworth (George Gary Farnsworth)		Living in Sparks, NV	* Newport News High School, Class of 1958

Newport News High School, Class of 1961				Gary Fitzgerald (Gary Wayne Fitzgerald)	8 Sep 1943 Newport News, VA	Living	* Newport News High School, Class of 1961 * My Friend

				Glenn Ford (Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford)	1 May 1916 Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada	3o Aug 2006 Beverly Hills, CA	* Actor * Producer glennfordonline.com/ pages/384118/index.htm meredy.com/glennfor dtriv.html

				Shelby Foote (Shelby Dade Foote, Jr.)	17 Nov 1916 Greenville, MS	27 June 2005 Memphis, TN (heart attack)	* Novelist * Historian books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/ story/0,,1518756,00.html olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/foote_shelby/

				Mark Fuhrman (Mark James Fuhrman)	05 Feb 1952 Los Angeles, CA	Living	* Homicide Detective, Los Angeles Police Department * Producer wordiq.com/definition /Mark_Fuhrman encyclopedia.thefree dictionary.com/Mark %20Fuhrman

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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.

07/22/01