This Weeks Wednesday Hero Dedication

This weekly dedication below is compiled by and provided to a consortium of eager participating bloggers by fellow blogger and sole creator of this weekly tribute, Indian Chris of Right Wing Right Minded.

Should you wish to join us in this humble effort honoring our lost but never forgotten providers and protectors of freedom, the information to do so is provided at the end of this post.

Many thanks go out from me to you in advance for taking your valuable time to read these weekly posts and please join me in remembering our soldiers not just today but each and every day if you could.

This Weeks Fallen Soldier Was Suggested By Jenn

A 35 year old from Hagerman, Idaho
1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
The Perfect Marine. That's how many describe Capt. Alan B. Rowe. Respected and dedicated to the Corps and still able to be a husband and father.

Rowe, who was on his fourth deployment since joining the Corps in 1985, died with two other Marines, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Wilt, 23, of Tampa, Florida, and 1st Lt. Ronald Winchester, 25, of Rockville Center, N.Y., when a remote-controlled explosive device detonated as they returned to their vehicle after inspecting a bridge in Anbar province, near the Syrian border.

"He was a quiet, humble person and extremely polite," his widow, Dawn, recalled from their early days of dating. "He was a traditional type of gentleman. My mom was surprised to meet such a ... perfect-picture Marine." "He did a great job balancing a pretty intense Marine Corps career with also being a great husband and father. He worked extremely hard to balance it." "He was so dedicated to the Marine Corps. He was really driven and believed in what he did. He was a Marine’s Marine. Tall, blond and fit. Kind of the mental image you think of when you think of the Marine Corps."

A week after his death, Capt. Rowe was posthumously promoted to major. He leaves behind his wife and two children.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday.
For that, We are proud to call them Heroes.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died,
We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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