JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VETERAN
HONORING A YOUNG BRAVE AMERICAN MARINE HERO
THIS MAN HAS GIVEN OF HIMSELF EVERTHING HE COULD, SO THAT HIS BROTHER MARINES AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME COULD LIVE A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE. THIS GIFT OF HIS LIFE SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF THIS HERO. HERO'S DON'T WEAR A CAPE OR MASK NO! THEY WEAR MARINE GREEN.HERO'S COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPE'S AND SIZE'S. AS EACH DAY PASSES,WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS HERO GAVE UP! SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY. THANK YOU ! SEMPER FI! HERO YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN DOSEN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A 2YR, 3YR, 4YR, ENLISTMENT OR A DRAFTEE OR RESERVIST,OFFICER OR ENLISTED YOU HAVE EARNED THE TITTLE OF U.S. MARINE! A NATION CRIES OUT FOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS SON'S
Jul 7, 2014 |
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Rob Pearce
Marine Sgt Nam 66'67'
Remembering a fellow Pa Vet lost on this date. Rest in peace. Semper Fi
Jul 7, 2014 |
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Carrie Boykin-Hurrelbrink
navybrat71@centurylink.net
!rst Cousin
Bailey NC 27807 USA
My Cousin Charles
Though I am a cousin Of Charles, I never have got the chance to meet him. He was killed in Vietnam before I was born. But I was very close to my Aunt Delores and Uncle Charlie. Delores and my mom are sisters. I do want to say, ' even though I never met Charles I am so proud of him.' His name and pictures remain in my heart. I wish I had gotten to meet him. He is my cousin, ' The Hero.'
Jul 24, 2010 |
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Robert Lopez
ppddispatchdl@ci.petersburg.ak.us
Fellow Marine & Vietnam Veteran
Petersburg Alaska
Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni...
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever...copley of
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Bill Benner
bejb5736@yahoo.com
Cousin
36 Aristone Drive Berlin NJ 08009 USA
Pinball Wizard
Charlie was my cousin. We used to go to his house on Saturday nights, my brother Jim (now deseaced) and my sisters Pat and Lynn. We would go up the tiny round stair case in aunt Dolores and Uncle Charlies house and play pinball on his machine, way back there in the 60s.
Charlie was born the same day in the same hospital as my sister Pat. My dad James Benner and my mom Eleanor raised Dolores, who was one of my Aunt Helen's children. My dad was very close to Charlies parent's and helped Dolores push for the Charles Glenn memorial. Aunt Helen was a spearhead for the Philsdelphia Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and her and my dad every year used to go there on Veteran's Day to honor those who gave their lives in the service of their country. My dad was proud of Charlie and also of me to serve. He signed for my to go into the air force at seventeen. My dad and mom stayed close to Dolores and Charlie until they passed. Dolores, Big Charlie and young Charlie, my mom, dad and brother Jimmy are up there looking over all of us and every day I miss them all. i'll never forget any of them and especially those Saturdays running up the stairs to play pinball! Semper Fi Charlie!
Nov 11, 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!!!
Jul 7, 2007 |
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John Livewell
jlivewell@hotmail.com
Nephew of His Friend
Philadelphia, PA., 19125, USA
In reference to the picture, posted, by Jack Newell
Charles Glenn is, on the left, while his Philadelphia, neighborhood, friend and my uncle, Joseph Henry Milligan, is, on the right.
May 4, 2007 |
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bob staranowicz
bobstar101@aol.com
Friend, schoolmate
5016, Sundance Ct., Doylestown, pa., 18901, USA
I would like you all, to take a look at the Literary Works, on the wall page and read "Away, in a Bunker." I dedicated that to the memory, of Charlie and if his Mom sees this, I want her to know that She is a Gold Star Mother, in Philadelphia and I have been to the Charlie Glenn Memorial, several times, since I left Phila, but never had the chance to tell her, about this dedication.
Thursday, September 16, 1999 |
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Jack Newell
jackson97@comcast.net
Brother Viet Vet.
The 20-year-old, combat veteran, was preparing to announce his engagement, when he was, shot to death, by a sniper, in Da Nang, Quang Nam, Province, Vietnam, on July 7, 1967. Glenn left, Thomas Edison, High School, in his sophomore, year and worked, as an assistant printer, for a Center, City, printing firm, for six months. "If Charlie couldn't, make you laugh, you had a problem," a friend recalled. Glen enlisted, in the Marine Corps, in August 1965, planning, a military career. He was assigned, to Company I, of the 3rd, Battalion, 5th, Marines, 1st, Marine Division. Survivors included, his parents. The 6-foot-3, corporal, was the first, soldier, from Fishtown, to die, in the war and a monument, in his honor was erected, at Widley and Marlborough streets. The Corporal, Charles J. Glenn, 3rd, Memorial, also included, the names of 10, other young men, from the Fishtown-Kensington-Port Richmond, neighborhoods who died, or were missing in action, in Vietnam. Dedicated in 1967, it was one, of the first, memorials, to Vietnam veterans, in the United States. Charles lived on Day Street, in Fishtown section, of Philadelphia. Source: Philadephia Daily News 10/26/1987
Friday, November 21, 2003 |
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