Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.
Though he was a world away, Spc. James Edward Marshall remembered to send a dozen pink roses to his mom for Mother’s Day. He even called to make sure they arrived. Hours later, Pam Marshall learned that her son had died. The 19-year-old from Tulsa, Okla., was killed May 5 along with another soldier when their Humvee hit an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. He had been in Iraq for less than two months. As a child in a community karate program, Marshall was determined to be the best. “He was a young man who didn’t know how to quit,” said his teacher, police Officer Marvin Blades. Marshall, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, joined the Army shortly after graduating from high school in 2002. His godfather, the Rev. M.C. Potter, spoke at his funeral. “God only gives us an allotment of time, and it’s up to us to make it mean something,” Potter said. “James certainly did that.”
Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.
We will run for James on June 27, 2008 outside Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.
Nineteen years of service was enough for Robert E. Dunham, and he was thinking of retiring from the Army to spend more time with his family. “He said in today’’s fast-paced society, people are so busy that they risk neglecting their family, and he wanted to make sure he didn’t do that,” said his brother, Charles Dunham. “He gave it his all. He was proud of that.” Dunham, 36, of Baltimore, was killed May 24 by an explosion in Baghdad. He was a 1988 high school graduate and was assigned to Fort Riley. He was an honors student who loved playing basketball in community leagues. He studied industrial electronics and was stationed in Germany, Kansas and Arkansas before his family settled in Georgia. He served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, in Bosnia and in Somalia and had received special-forces training before his latest tour in Iraq. He also served as a minister of music for churches wherever he was stationed. He was a skilled piano and organ player and directed his church choir. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and five sons, who age from 2 to 14.
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We will run for Robert on August 10, 2008 outside Abingdon, Virginia.
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Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.
Growing up with an Army dad, 1st Lt. Leif E. Nott was born in Italy, raised in Europe and graduated from high school in Germany, and he spoke at least five languages. When it was time for college, he came back to the United States to continue the family’s military tradition, enrolling at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Nott, 24, based at Fort Hood, died July 30 of wounds received from hostile fire in Belaruz, Iraq. Family members said Nott was known for his “can-do” attitude, and his latest assignment was troop executive officer, the right-hand man for the troop commander. Nott had met his wife, Melanie, in a Bible study class while at his previous post, the Army’s tanker training headquarters at Fort Knox.
Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.
We will run for Leif on June 18, 2008 outside Warner Springs, California.
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Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.
Sgt. 1st Class Robert Rooney’s passion was following the NASCAR circuit and his favorite driver Jeff Gordon. While he was stationed in Kuwait, a friend taped the races and sent them to him. “Jeff Gordon was his idol,” said his wife, Diane Rooney. “He has so much (Gordon) stuff in this house, it’s not funny. That’s pretty much all we would buy him for Christmas.” Rooney, 43, was killed Sept. 25 in a forklift accident in Kuwait, where he had been stationed with his Massachusetts National Guard unit based in Bourne, Mass. A longtime resident of Plymouth, Mass., Rooney was deployed with his unit to Kuwait in January. Before that, he worked at Otis Air Force Base and Camp Edwards, both on Cape Cod, most recently as an operational maintenance shop chief. Besides his wife, survivors include two sons and a daughter.
Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.
We will run for Robert on June 20, 2008 outside Palm Desert, California.
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Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.
In a high school where female leaders were rare, Tina Time was class president every year.
“You’d look at her and see a small physique, but she was a tough girl. She never quit,” said Vaipuna Kaulave, a teacher who called Time one of the best students he ever had.
Time, 22, died Dec. 18, 2004 in Iraq when the supply truck she was driving in a dust storm collided with another vehicle. Her Army Reserve unit was located in Tucson, Ariz.
Born in Australia, Time grew up in Pago Pago in American Samoa _ an American territory in the southern Pacific Ocean. In high school there, Time was an honor student and part of a youth group and choir and taught Sunday school in church.
She joined the Army Reserve to serve her country and help pay for college, her mother said. She attended Pima Community College in Tucson and enjoyed fixing cars in her spare time.
“She told me, ‘Mom, don’t be afraid. I wanted to do this for my country and now I’m doing it,’” said Mary Time, Tina’s mother. “She was my daughter. Now she’s my angel.”
She is also survived by her father, Viliamu, and four siblings, three of whom are serving in the military.
Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.
We will run for Tina on July 6, 2008 outside Monte Vista, Colorado.
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