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for Brian Ouellette
JACK(DAD) OUELLETTE
September 13, 2015
In my heart forever
Melissa
September 11, 2015
Miss you
Debbie Chapman
May 29, 2015
Rest in peace and love, hero. You are missed but never forgotten.
October 1, 2012
I am sorry to read of the passing of Brian. I will forever be grateful for his military service to our country.
Fergus O'Doherty
October 11, 2011
Still in my thoughts and prayers.
Denny Ouellette
September 20, 2011
You gave it all and you make me proud to be a Ouellette.
L Neal
July 10, 2011
To the family of Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette:
Please know that just as your loved one remains in your hearts and minds; his sacrifice, and that of your family, remains with the people he died defending. Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for his bravery and selflessness, or the heartache we feel for your loss. God bless and keep you always.
Peggy Childers
May 30, 2011
To the family and friends of Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette:
Please accept my remembrance of Brian on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Jim
May 28, 2011
You have not been forgotten Brian
Jason Rosso
March 6, 2011
I had the privilege of going through boot camp with Brian in C070 at NTC Orlando in 1990. While initially quiet, Brian was singled out to serve as Master At Arms--responsible for making sure that everyone else did their jobs, and carrying the weight of everyone else's mistakes--he never complained and was always quick with a funny remark to lighten the mood. Living an arms-legth away you get to know someone's character, and Brian was one of the most genuinely likable and kind-hearted men I have ever met. He took us all on like little brothers and showed us how it was done. I can recall Brian and two of our shipmates returning after completing their EOD Quals--beaming and on top of the world. I cannot express how deeply saddening it is to learn of Brian's untimely passing in his service to our nation. Please accept my condolences for the loss of a GREAT American. I know he had the full measure of the respect of everyone who met him. Brian was the rarest of individuals. Your family is in our hearts and prayers. He will never be forgotten.
Eileen Suggs
May 30, 2010
Memorial Day...you are remembered.
Peggy Childers
May 30, 2010
To the family and friends of Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette:
Remembering Brian on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
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Jack Ouellette
May 27, 2010
This the 6th year remembrence,this Memorial Day I will be thinking and speaking of you at a ceremony at the National UDT SEAL Mudeum,always have you in my heart-LOVE ALWAYS DAD
Jim
May 26, 2010
You will not be forgotten Brian.
May 24, 2010
In a few hours it will be six years to the day that you paid the ultimate sacrifice. Know that your teammates think and speak of you often. You will never be forgotten and your smile is missed. You are a warrior and you are loved.
Kenna Larra
October 12, 2009
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Christine Kostigen
July 8, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with your family
May 30, 2009
Although it has been 5 years,it seems as yesterday when we received,that phone call no one should,of the untimely and tragic death of our Son Brian.Time does not heal,only can it try to make more bearable.Our family,cannot forget,how much,he meant to all of us.hhe is in a better place now,we will always remember and miss him Love--DaD
Peggy Childers
May 29, 2009
To the family of Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette:
Brian gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Michael
March 16, 2009
I read abiout your other bro's and how they hit that mountain and paid the price more times over, and the came out with God's Victory. You know this because many of them are with you....until then....keep watch over us. I love you
February 15, 2009
February 15, 2009
February 15, 2009
RIP, Bro
February 15, 2009
Maj M. B. Parlor
February 15, 2009
Bro:
Mike contacted me today. Then, I noticed that You have no SEAL pics. As a proud supporter of the UDT/SEAL Museum, no way can I allow that to remain.
Semper Fi,
"Major Pain"
Shirley Stark
May 29, 2008
I am truly sorry for your loss. My heart shares your grief as we both lost our hero's on this date. I'm the grandmother of a Fallen Hero who is now in heaven with our Lord. Our brave boys served our Lord and country with dignity and honor and now it's time for them to rest. May God always be at your side and comfort you as He has me.
Bless you
Shirley
SPC Michael Wiesemann's grandma
In Memory of Brian ~ (Debra Estep)
May 29, 2008
Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.
The Wind on The Downs
“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you laughing as you used to do,
Yet loving all the things I think of you;
And knowing you are happy, should I grieve?
You follow and are watchful where I go.”
(Written by Marian Allen during World War l )
Two lines that I wish you to keep near your heart…….
“You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe”
I did not know Brian, but I am remembering
his service. He is my hero. !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Other Side
i'm over on the other side
where life and death softly divide.
left my skin and bones behind
now i'm over on the other side.
can you feel me there with you?
my breath is gone but i'm not through.
loved you then and i still do
from over on the other side.
i can fly. really fly.
below the earth ... all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.
it's good here on the other side.
the sweetest songs...the bluest skies.
thank you for the tears you cried
but it's good here on the other side.
i can fly. really fly. below the earth...all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side
the world is smaller than a needle's eye.
where life and death softly divide.
when you leave your skin and bones behind
i'll be waiting on the other side.
i can fly. really fly. below the earth ... all through the sky.
go tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.
Song lyrics by Don Conoscenti
C Desert Muse/SESAC
www.donconoscenti.com
(Used with permission)
“I hope it brings great comfort to any and all.
Peace on you. DonCon” 4-2008
Visit this link to hear the song.
The Other Side –
http://tinyurl.com/3o8gol
Sincerely,
Deb Estep ~ Ohio
Proud Air Force Mom and MIL
Remembering The Fallen – Blog
http://tinyurl.com/3z8p55
Angel and soldier drawing I have shared here.
http://tinyurl.com/6gey8b
The Neal family
May 26, 2008
To the family of Petty Officer 1st Class Ouellette,
Please know that just as your loved one will remain in your hearts and minds, his sacrifice and that of your family, will remain with the people he died defending. Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for his bravery and selflessness, or the heartache we feel for your loss. God grant you the peace that passes all understanding.
April 5, 2008
You are remembered and respected. Thank you Petty Officer 1st Cl Ouellette!
Brian Foley
December 31, 2007
Brian,
There is a new meeting starting in Charlotte that will follow the same format of the one you started in Virginia Beach years ago. Your legacy will continue through prayer and meditation and touch the lives of many that have never met you. You are deeply missed.
Tom Gugliuzza
December 30, 2007
My heartfelt sympathy to the Ouellette family in the loss of Brian. I did not know Brian, but my heart is broken and I am saddened for your loss of such a fine young person and hero. May God bring you peace in your heart as you reflect on all the wonderful memories you hold so close. Please know that you are in my heart and prayers. My heart was touched by the many wonderful/beautiful things written about you.Brian it has been over 3 years since you were taken. Please know that you are my hero and you will NEVER be forgotten.
I send each of you a hug from the most inner part of my heart.
Love and Peace
Tom
"To live in the hearts
of those you leave behind
is never to die"
~Robert Orr~
August 9, 2007
There is nothing that I can say or do to take away the pain or bring you peace in your time of sorrow, but I will offer you and your family my heart felt condolences. I also offer you my prayers that in time the pain will easy and the memories of your HERO will carry you through each day and night. I want to thank your HERO, for his/her selfless act of becoming a member of the armed forces, his/her willingness to defend the United States of America, all that we hold sacred and for the sacrifice that will forever be etched in the memories of all those who knew him/her. Though tears can never bring him/her back, we hope that our tears express our gratitude for the sacrifice that he/she made and our sorrow at his/her passing. I believe for every fallen HERO there is a star shining brightly up above to remind us of the precious gift we were given.
Your mission on earth is complete and you are now a member of GOD’s Heavenly armed forces. Stand down brave warrior and take your rightful place in Heaven with all the HEROES who have passed before.
I made a special promise to LE RON A. WILSON (KIA on 07/06/07) on the day he was laid to rest as I touched his coffin, that I would never forget him nor would I forget those that gave their lives for our country before him, with him and after him and so when I came across www.legacy.com, I thought what a great way to keep my promise to Le Ron, so I will continue to leave tributes in each guest book until the day there is no longer the need to leave these tributes to a FALLEN HERO.
REST IN PEACE, HERO, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!
PROUD MOTHER OF A U.S. SOLDIER
Althea Barrett(Queens, NY)
July 10, 2007
Thank you for the sacrifice made by Petty Officer 1st Cl Ouellette and the sacrifice made by everyone who loves and misses him! May God bless all of you!!
nathan beers
June 16, 2007
Thank you so much for your service.
Rich James
May 8, 2007
Brian your in my thoghts often. God bless.
Brian Foley
October 22, 2006
Brian,
You were an honorable man and a hero. Your friends in Virginia Beach miss you and you've made a tremendous impact on so many.
Garnet Jenkins
September 20, 2006
Paying tribute to Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette, with a Multitude of Thanks, for his Courage, Dedication and Service to our Country and for Freedom.
Rest In Peace Brian, in God's Mighty Hands and may God's Loving Grace and comfort continue to be with the Ouellette family.
Those who Made this Ultimate Sacrifice, So Many and So
Young, shall NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
My brother among them. KIA-Vietnam 1967.
" What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,
for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us"
~ Helen Keller ~
May the memories of your loved one live in your heart always.
Brian is a True hero to this Grateful American.
June 17, 2006
Hey Shipmate, I wish I could have been there with you!
I'll never forget!
Pat Canfall
May 8, 2006
My condolences to the Oeullette family. Brian may you rest in peace. Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom. You have earned your golden halo and wings. May you continue to soar in the heavenly clouds up above.
Dickie Burke
December 26, 2005
Brian__ A good Man and you are missed. Thanks.
Rod O'Byrne
November 29, 2005
Brian,
I think about you often, you are a true hero.
Rod
Dan McPhail
August 28, 2005
Dear Brian, you are a hero to all of us. We pray for you and your family.
With Deepest Sympathy
Dan McPhail & Lynne Farago McPhail
Class of 85'
John Horsley
July 7, 2005
Brian Ouellette gave the greatest sacrifice for all of us to be free will never be forgotten. My thoughts and heartfelt prayers are with the family. May the hand of God bring comfort and healing.
Greater love has no one than this, the he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Gino DiStefano
June 23, 2004
I remember the good old days at the Boys Club and playing at your house near the common, you were a good friend then and a true hero now!
God Bless you Brian.
I want to say hi to Mike too.
Gino D.
Marty Riggs
June 16, 2004
It has been a very wonderful experience knowing Brian. There are few people in this world that have made enough of a difference in my life for me to try to remember them always. Brian is one of those people! It won't be new for me to miss him as I retired and moved last year from the Virginia Beach area, so I have missed him for a while now. When I was there I would at least see him from time to time when he would come back to town. The sight of him has always invoked those feelings one gets from running into an old trusted friend from back in the day. The memories of great times, and fantastic conversations that only trusted friends can have. In this business of ours trust is so important yet so distant in many cases that when someone like Brian comes along you do whatever it takes to keep him around you and to be loyal to him no matter what the cost. I knew Brian as a loyal and trustworthy man to his friends, his mates and most of all; to our country! Everyone that can say they have met Brian should be proud. There are few such people in this world. Brian has stood in the gate for us and our country and the rights and well being of others to numerous for us to know at this time. There is no doubt in my mind that Brian has spent plenty of time in prayer for many of us, drawing himself closer to his Savior for this day that has arrived. I will miss Brian, yet, his work here is complete! I am glad that he has had the past three years. I am glad that I got the opportunity to know him. I feel it is better for him to have gone Home to live out Eternity in peace and happiness with Jesus, than to live with the silent memories of our fallen brothers. Good-bye my brother, you have served your country, family, friends and mates well. The leave you are on was hard won, yet well deserved. Marty
ginger beckett
June 12, 2004
Brian will never leave us...he will always be in our thoughts and prayers. What an incredible blessing it was to be his friend. I hope to find a great photo from Christmas a couple yrs. ago...he was such a clown.Thanks for being you.Love, gingerbug and Kenny
Ellen Ailsworth
June 7, 2004
Brian was a wonderful man. I knew him for about 3 years, and he was funny, kind, smart and very helpful. In my opinion, to lay down one's life for a friend is a close we can get to being like Jesus, and Brian did that for us. May we never forget him or his sacrifice for us. I loved him, and am glad he was in my life.
Marge D
June 7, 2004
Brian was selfless to his country as well as his friends. Both have suffered a terrible loss. He and his family are in my prayers.
Bob Harvey
June 7, 2004
It is amazing how sometimes when we meet new people that we learn that our lives crossed at earlier chapters in our lives. I didn't get to know Brian until around the year 2000, but I learned that he and I shared a common love for the game of rugby in the 1990s. We also shared a common love for a wonderful greasy Southern Breakfast at the Oceanfront on Sunday mornings. Those are the times that I will always best rememember Brian. Though I only knew him briefly, his impact on my life was profound. I will always remember him and honor his good-willed nature, service and sacrifice to our country. America is a great country because of men like Brian. For all the heroes in my life, he is a special one for me. God Bless Brian and his family.
Respectfully,
Bob Harvey
Tricia Swoope
June 7, 2004
My deepest and most sincere thoughts and prayers go to all Brian's family and those whose lives he touched. I know I am blessed to have been touched with his friendship and feel honored to have known him. While I know his journey here was not in vein, the loss we will experience by his absence will be felt now and always. With nothing but love and sadness, I say goodbye to Brian.
james devlin
June 7, 2004
i will surely miss you brian.you will always be in my prayers.my deepest condolences to brian's family
simply love & music
james
Bill Campbell
June 6, 2004
My deepest condolences to Brian's family.
I've known Brian for several years and am proud to say so. I've also had the opportunity to tell him how proud and grateful I am for his service to our country.
The sadness I feel is for my loss and the loss suffered by his family. I absolutely know where Brian is right now but I'm sad that we won't get to visit anymore.
Someone very close to me told me years ago I should always remember I can never be myself again without the influence and memories of the folks I've shared this life with. Brian is a special part of that and I will never forget.
Gloria Danielson
June 5, 2004
Although I did not know Brian, I want you to know that my prayers are with you all. I am grateful for Brian's role in preserving my freedom. God Bless You All,
Julie & Brian Valiton
June 5, 2004
With heartfelt sympathy to the family of Brian Ouellette, especially to his parents. With gratitude for Brian's faithful service to our country we pray for him and his fellow servicemen and for is family. May he rest in peace.
Mona Afienko
June 5, 2004
Michael and Family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Mona, Larry, David Afienko
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