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HONORED ON PANEL 26W, LINE 99 OF THE WALL
BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNK
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BRUCE E FUNK
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LEFT FOR BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNK
POSTED ON 2.27.2008
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
One of Philadelphia PA's 630 fallen sons.
Article were taken from the Philadelphia Daily News of October 26, 1987. The special supplement entitled, ' THE SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' was published in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
"Funk left Northeast High School in the 11th grade and served in the Coast Guard, where he was a radioman for four years. He left the Coast Guard in January 1968 when they would not send him to Viet Nam, and joined the Marines two months later. He was sent to Viet Nam in September 1968 and assigned to Company H of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. The 23-year-old lance corporal, a radioman, died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province. He was survived by his father, who was a 27-year Navy veteran, his mother and three sisters, including one who had recently been discharged from the Navy."
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
"Funk left Northeast High School in the 11th grade and served in the Coast Guard, where he was a radioman for four years. He left the Coast Guard in January 1968 when they would not send him to Viet Nam, and joined the Marines two months later. He was sent to Viet Nam in September 1968 and assigned to Company H of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. The 23-year-old lance corporal, a radioman, died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province. He was survived by his father, who was a 27-year Navy veteran, his mother and three sisters, including one who had recently been discharged from the Navy."
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
POSTED ON 2.27.2008
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
The Philadelphia Inquirer - May 9, 1969
BUSTLETON MARINE, 23
IS KILLED IN VIETNAM
A Marine from Bustleton who was slated to join the President's Honor Guard upon his return from Vietnam was killed in the war last week, the Defense Department reported Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Bruce E. Funk, 23, of 1220 Grant ave., was assigned to Vietnam last September and served as a reconnaissance squad leader near Da Nang, his family said.
The family was told by Marine representatives that he was killed by fragments of a mine while on patrol on May 2.
A frequent letter writer, Funk asked his family for a Christmas tree last year so members of his unit could observe the holiday with a touch of home. He also asked for some dirt and leaves from the family's backyard "so he could close his eyes and dream he was home."
The corporal joined the Marines last year after completing a four-year hitch in the Coast Guard. He left Northeast High School to join the Coast Guard and earned his diploma during that tour. His family said he was proud to serve in Vietnam.
Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Funk, he is survived by three sisters, Valerie, at home; Mrs. Ellen-Kay Moore, and Mrs. Jennifer Moultrie. His father is employed as a stenographer in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
POSTED ON 7.22.2005
POSTED BY: Bob Ross
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932