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Marines We Will Miss   John A. Sebring (Lt.)  30July69 "My dad, John Austin Sebring, left the Corps as a 1st Lt.  He was born in Tannersville, PA on November 7, 1931.  He died in Syracuse, NY from brain tumors resulting from Hodgkins Disease on July 30, 1969 at the age of 37.  He was survived by a wife, Marolyn, and three daughters, Karen, Linda, and myself.   I believe he joined the Marine Corps in 1953 after his college graduation from East Stroudsburg University, in northeast PA.  He began his service at Parris Island, SC.  He was stationed in FL, TX and eventually CA, with a few overseas trips to Japan and nearby islands.  My Dad was honorably discharged from the Corps (for medical reasons; he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease) in 1960.  At that time, his doctors told him that he had about 9 months to live, but he lived 9 more years.  After discharge from the Marine Corps, my family moved from San Diego back to northeast PA, where my parents had grown up and where both sets of my grandparents still lived.  I am proud to say that I was born in San Diego in 1958 while my dad was stationed there; in fact, my full name is Julie Marine Sebring".    Clarence W. Connell (Gunney)  14Mar07  Richland Hills, TX  Ernest  Cockrell (Sgt/Capt) 13Oct93  Alameda, Ca. (buried at Riverside, Ca.)    Roger D. Abbott  16Sep03  Ft. Wayne, Indiana (have obit)  Robert W. Ament  12Nov02  Starksville, Ms.  C. DeWitt (Dee) Bayes  11Oct03 "Dee" is what he was known by, and he worked in the industrial-size pump business most of his career, and just before he died was on the verge of some substantial success, having developed a unique pumping set-up for large buildings . . . it was getting lots of interest and purchases.  Sad . . . he had cancer, but, probably due to his life-long smoking habit . . . remember in our day, they would GIVE us these miniature smokes pkgs as a "favor" to us ( here, have fun nailing another spike in your coffin, son).  Remember that?  Strange." See: A 349er Out in the Middle of Nowhere  Alameda, Ca. Ronald J. Black  Edward J. Brehm  27Oct70  Spokane, Wa. (cancer - have seen obit)  Gary A. Dalziel  7Dec03  Alhambra, Ca.  Jim Fitzpatrick  16Jun06    Robert L. Frazier  15Jul00  Austin, Tx.  Ralph M. Henschen   6Sep05  Ellenwood, Ga. (spoke w/daughter)  James L. Hunt  11Jan01 ?  Leslie, Mi.  G. W. Johnson  15Nov90    Jerry L. Keller  17Dec94  Rector, Ark  James R. Martin  12Aug01  Ohio  Everett B. Morgan  1Nov 93  Reno, Nv.  Thomas R. Parenti  12Feb66  Jefferson County, Ark.  Warner D. Seeger  26Sep98  Manchester, N. H. (have seen obit)  Ernest N. White    Apr73    Herman Carl Wiese    26Apr59     "My brother, Herman Wiese, died suddenly a year or so after boot camp.  I also went through bootcamp at MCRD in 1966 as my older son did later on". Virgil P Wiese USMC Class of 1966      San Diego, Ca.  James L. Wilson   9Arp00  Houston, Tx. The above names match names which are in the Platoon 349 recruit training book. Linda researched the SSI Death Index and found the above. Dates of birth were 1939/1940 and could be former members of Platoon 349. Sorry for any errors or omissions. If any of you have corrections or additions please contact Doug or Linda Shurtleff. email:DDSandLJS3@yahoo.com       .