honor

Today Al and I were honored to stand flag line for SSgt. Vincent Bell at the funeral home.  It was a cold crisp day but we felt lucky we could honor this hero.  Tomorrow his memorial service will be at 11 am at the Renaissance Unity Church in Warren, MI.  Unfortunately it will be too cold for me to be outside tomorrow, so we were glad to be able to go today.

The United States Flag will be lowered to half-staff in honor of U.S.
Marine Staff Sergeant Vincent J. Bell on Monday, 12 December 2011. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Tuesday, 13 December 2011.

Bell, 28, of Detroit, Michigan died 30 November 2011 in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan while conducting combat operations.  He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton in California.

Bell joined the Marines in 2001 and was serving his second deployment.
He was a two-time recipient of the Purple Heart, awarded twice the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy Unit Commendation, three Marine Corp Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, three Iraqi Campaign Medals, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and four Sea Service Deployment Ribbons.

A wake will be held on Sunday, 11 December 2011, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the United Memorial Funeral Home in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, 12 December 2011, at the Renaissance Unity Church in Warren, Michigan.

        GOD Bless and Semper Fi!!!!! 


Some of the men and women that also stood for him...
Thank you all.

Rest in Peace SSgt. Vincent Bell and Thank you.