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	Living	* Actor geocities.com/SunsetStrip/ Underground/9798/ donadams1.htm canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtists A/adams_don.html monmouth.com/~ccummins/ donadams.htm

				Joe Agee (Joseph 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	Living	* Actress geocities.com/beaarthur boulevard/ lgt2.com/bea/

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

				Harold W. Bauer (Harold William Bauer)	20 Nov 1908 Woodruff, KS	KIA 14 Nov 1942	* United States Naval Academy, Class of 1930 http://www.acepilots.com /bauer/usmc_bauer1.html http://www.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	1 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	23 May1958 Cleveland, OH	Living	* Actor geocities.com/TelevisionCity/ 5927/drew.html

				Philip Carey	15 Jul 1925 Hackensack, NJ	Living	* Actor wchstv.com/abc/onelife/ philipcarey.html williamsmith.org/carey.html

				David Carradine	8 Dec 1936 Hollywood, CA	Living	* Actor davidcarradine.org/ geocities.com/Hollywood/ Bungalow/2034/david carradinemain.html

				James Carville	25 Oct 1944 LA	Living	* Political Strategist and Manager wordiq.com/definition/ James_Carville

				Roberto Clemente	8 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.			Lt. Col. Clovis C. "Buck" Coffman, USMC	Buck Coffman (Clovis C. Coffman)	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

		L		Gerald W. Colbert	31 Dec 1928 Mount Vernon, NY	Living (in Fort Lauderdale, FL)	* 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 W. Colson)	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

						Living

				Brian Dennehy	9 Jul 1938 Bridgeport, CN	Living	* Actor * Producer * Director * Writer mindspring.com/~ billandsue/briandennehy .html

				Laz 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	11 Aug 1936 Lake Charles, LA	24 Feb 1999 Haverhill, MA	* 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 http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/ exhibitions/online/ddd/ http://www.theartists.org /ArtistView.cfm?id= C5D8B352-5767-472D-8166F56A3324708E http://www.temple.edu/ photo/photographers/ duncan/bio.htm

				R. 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)		Deceased	* 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	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 1005 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	5 or 6 Feb 1952	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@nc.rr.com

Thank you.

07/22/01