Firefighter Joe Manganaro

Feb 8, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire, Marines

When off duty fire fighter Joe Manganaro boarded a cross-country flight this summer he never expected to save someone’s life. But that’s just what happened, and this week the Boston Celtics honored Manganaro of South Boston as a “Hero Among...

CPT Dawn Maria Alvarez Stratton

Jan 21, 2019 | Marines

War: Persian Gulf War, 1991 Branch: Marine Corps Unit: Brigade Service Support Group 7, 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Service Location: Quantico and Little Creek, Virginia; Camp Pendleton, California; Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Fort Sam Houston, Texas Rank: Captain Like...

Julia Carlson

Jan 19, 2019 | Marines

USMC Reserves, 2001-2016 Instructor/Competitor USMC Reserve Marksmanship Team, US (2003-2016) Civil Military Operations Coordinator, Quantico, VA (2010-2013) Civil Affairs Team Chief/FET OIC: Afghanistan (2009-2010) Public Affairs Officer/Civil Affairs, Iraq (2006)...

Maj Megan Malia Leilani McClung

Jan 17, 2019 | Marines

Maj. McClung was a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. She graduated and received her officer’s commission in 1995. She also earned a master’s degree in criminology from Boston University, just months before she died in 2006. After receiving her...

Cpl Steven Grant Balls

Jan 12, 2019 | Marines

Steven Grant Balls, 70, died peacefully Monday, January 7, 2019 at his son’s home in Holladay, Utah surrounded by family members.  Steve and his family courageously endured the challenges of advanced dementia during the last few years of his life. Steve was born...

PFC Donald Francis Dowling

Jan 10, 2019 | Marines

On November 27, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) engaged in a sudden, large-scale offensive against U.S. and U.N. forces positioned around the Chosin Reservoir in north-east North Korea. Two regiments from the 1st Marine Division were stationed in Yudam-ni, a town...