Submitted by Tom Tilque. 

The following submitted by John Monkewicz:

This was in the march 2000 issue of leatherneck; “CWO-4 Ronald Lee Reck, 47, in Grand Praire, Texas.  He served for 29 Years.  As a Corporal in Vietnam, he won the Silver Star on Feb. 25, 1969, while a member of E-2/4 at Fire Support Base Russell, in the Quang Tri Province.  He manned a machine gun during a ground attack by the communits.  He then assulted enemy positions with his pistol, killing several of the enemy, and assisted in evacuating fellow Marines who had been wounded.”