Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling
Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling
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Charlie Gili
June 30, 2018
Hello,
We realize that we are very late to express our deepest condolences, but we wanted to let your family and friends know that we will be sending Care Packages to deployed troops this week and we'll be dedicating several of these to your loved one. Each package will carry the name, photo and the hometown of Jonathan E. Etterling US Marine Lance Corporal. We realize that this is a small tribute, but we do this with all respect and sincerity and we want you to know that it is made possible by thousands of like-minded individuals from across the American youth hockey community. We will not forget. May God Bless you and keep you safe and strong.
Sincerely,
Charlie Gili & Family
On Behalf of our US Hockey Players Support Our Troops Campaign
Joseph Etterling
October 4, 2014
I love, and I miss you so much Jon. You were like a brother to me...and there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of you. Take care of Grandma and Sis up in heaven, I will see you when my time comes. Miss you terribly
Peggy Childers
January 26, 2013
To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling:
It has truly been my honor to sign Jonathan's guest book these past few years. Unfortunately, due to complications from my Multiple Sclerosis, this may be the last message I'm able to write. Please forgive me and know that Jonathan will always be remembered in my home.
With love and respect ~ Peggy
Peggy Childers
January 28, 2012
January 26, 2012
To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling:
Always remembering Jonathan. "Some gave all."
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Peggy Childers
January 26, 2011
To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling:
Please accept my remembrance of Jonathan on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
John Foster
November 25, 2010
Since Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling's passing, Veterans Helping Veterans & Others has dedicated their work for needy veterans and their families to him. Jonathan was a good young man and deserves to be honored and remembered in the way he lived. Many veterans and their families have been helped. We invite everyone to join us and help keep his memory alive. He has left his mark in the world by the way he lived his life and the way he left us. Our heart and our thoughts go out to his family on this Thanksgiving day.
Peggy Childers
January 26, 2010
To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling:
Remembering Jonathan on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Susie O'Dell Walls
November 13, 2009
I grew up with the Etterlings in Porter Church. While I did not know Jon or his father, I think of Jon & his family often. I still remember the day my mother Joyce O'Dell told me about his death & I still shudder to this day. My heart goes out to Jon's family.
John Foster
July 17, 2009
Jon was a hero in more ways than one. He loved his family, community, country and God. He brought joy and laughter to all who knew and loved him. Veterans Helping Veterans & Others helps homeless, needy veterans and others. We count it an honor and a privilege to name our food pantry, thrift store and care packages to our troops after him. Our web site at www.veteranshelping.org is all about Jon. Though he is gone from our sight, the love, compassion and the desire he had to serve others in his heart will continue in the years to come through Veterans Helping Veterans & Others. To us, Jon is a guardian angel watching over us.
With love, honor and respect.
Commander John D. Foster
Veterans Helping Veterans & Others
Kenna Larson
July 16, 2009
”Honor and Remember” - “Project Compassion” We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to you. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Over 1,600 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one American to another!
Contact us directly at [email protected] or go to www.heropaintings.com . If you have already had a portrait completed, we pray that you are enjoying the portrait and God Bless You.
Sincerely and Respectfully,
Kenna
In Memory of Jonathan ~ (Debra Estep)
January 27, 2009
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 Jonathan, but I am remembering
his service and sacrifice. 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
The Other Side –
(To hear the song)
http://tinyurl.com/3o8gol
Sincerely,
Deb Estep ~ Ohio
Proud Air Force Mom SSgt Vince – Lackland AFB
Remembering The Fallen – Blog
http://tinyurl.com/3z8p55
Angel and soldier drawing I have shared here.
http://tinyurl.com/6gey8b
Peggy Childers
January 26, 2009
To the family of Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling:
Jonathan 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
Mike Finke
January 18, 2009
In a little more than a week it will be 4 years. I look back on it and it seems like both ages ago and yesterday.
I know, like you, I do not go a day without thinking not only of my son but of all those that died that day.
I also think about those that did not that day and the feelings that they may have for surviving and going on with their lives.
I’m sorry that I have never written before. I guess it was not my time to do so.
Out of all that died that day I only knew Mike, but they were all brothers and because of that, they were all, my son’s.
The tears that I shed for him I shed for all.
Kim Smith
August 26, 2008
Although I never knew Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling, I keep him and his family and other fallen soldier's families close to my heart and in my prayers. Remember in hard times that he is looking down from Heaven and keeping you safe and smiling. Thank You for serving our country, and keeping us safe.
May he rest in Peace with the Lord, and his families' hearts heal in time.
Proud Wife-to- Be of a Soldier in Iraq
April 27, 2008
You are remembered and respected. Thank you Lance Cpl Etterling!
John Foster
March 28, 2008
Though we never met Jonathan in person, we feel like he is part of our life. He was a well respected young man both as a civilian and a Marine.
He was a Christian who loved life and he lived it to the fullest. He left
his mark on life as one who cared about others more than himself. He
lived his life giving and sharing the gift that comes only from God, the
gift of love. Though Jonathan is gone from our touch and sight, he will live on in the hearts and minds of all who knew him and know of him
through his, “Jonathan Etterling & Michael Orban Memorial Food
Pantry”, sponsored by Veterans Helping Veterans & Others. The love
and compassion that Jonathan shared with others, will continue as
homeless, needy veterans & others are given a helping hand through
V.H.V.O. in his name. Jonathan’s food pantry and life in pictures can be seen by going to veteranshelping.org. We salute Jonathan and his family for the great sacrifices they have made for this great nation. Farewell comrade until we meet again.
Cpl. William Sabin
December 30, 2007
Etterling was one of my brothers, we served together in Weapons Platoon. He was always in a good mood and if you were around him for more than a few seconds you would be laughing. If you were ever in a bad mood Jon could fix that in about 20 seconds flat. He was a loyal friend and a damn brave Marine. Our platoon was really close and we did everything together......Jon was loved by all of us and losing our buddy is a wound that will never heal. I miss you Jon and until we meet again Rest In Peace
August 16, 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, a dear family friend who joined the Army with three other friends, one of whom is my son (Le Ron was killed in action on 07/06/07 at the age of 18) 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
Currently stationed in Germany
Althea Barrett(Queens, NY)
July 15, 2007
Thank you for the sacrifice made by Lance Cpl Etterling and the sacrifice made by everyone who loves and misses him! It is especially difficult to lose another member of the Buckeye state. May God bless all of you!!
Garnet Jenkins
January 26, 2007
Paying tribute to Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling, on the 2nd anniversary of the day, he gave his life for our Country, with a Multitude of Thanks, for this Fine Young Marine's Courage, Dedication and Service to our Country and for Freedom.
Rest Safely Jonathan, in God's Loving Care and may the Peace of God continue to be with the Etterling family.
Those who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice, So Many and So Young, shall Never Be Forgotten, my brother among them. KIA-Vietnam 1967.
"I will lift up my eyes to the hills-
from whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth."
~ Psalm 121:1-2 ~
I am sincerely hoping that you continue to feel the thoughts of caring and support that surround you each day, as this Country remembers someone very precious to you, who is a Hero to all of us.
I am so deeply sorry for your loss.
ROBYN GARSIDE
September 13, 2006
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. I HAVE JUST LEARNED OF YOUR GREAT LOSS AND WISH TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO DO CARE AND YOUR HERO WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR TREASURED MEMORIES THAT HIS SPECIAL SMILE MAY CONTINUE TO SHINE ON. I PRAY THAT PEACE WILL FIND YOU ALL SOMEDAY. STAY STRONG AND GODSPEED. SEMPER FI
A PROUD MARINE MOM
Sgt. Matthew Turner
August 19, 2006
One of my best friends. I have thought of Etterling every day and will never forget what a great person he was. He was my brother.
Tom Gugliuzza-Smith
February 21, 2006
My heartfelt sympathy to the Etterling family in the loss of Jonathan. I did not know Jonathan, 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. Jonathan it has just been a little over a year since you were taken. You are a 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~
Vangi & McKaLyne Lunsford
February 6, 2006
Psalm 23
1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3
He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
This is a verse that I have found to be comforting to me during my husbands death. Remember that when it seems that no one else is round, God is still there with you! And he will be your rock!
My daughter,McKaLyne, and I send our heartfelt sympathy for your loss! God Bless this warrior, God Bless those whom serve freedom's cause! They are our true HERO's!!!!
If you need anything, please feel free to contact me!!!
Wife & Daughter of the Late
Sgt. Audrey Daron Lunsford
KIA May 23, 2005
Nancy & Harold Bowling
November 11, 2005
Thank you Jonathan!
Men like you truly are real heroes!!
Alex Watts
October 10, 2005
I knew Jon since grade school. I lost a true brother, a friend, a hero, and my gradeschool bodygaurd. He brought a smile to every face and was willing to stand up for whats right. May he rest in peace.
Emily Whitley
May 25, 2005
We lost a very sweet boy that gloomy January day. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about him. I loved him like a little brother. I'll never forget about his silly humor, he could always make me laugh. I know I'll see him again one day, but I am still very sad. I am honored to be able to say I knew a true hero!
Patricia Hommel
February 27, 2005
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Jonathan. I did not know him personally, however I feel as if I lost part my extended family. My daughter's fiancee, Lcpl. Fred Maciel was on the chopper with Jonathan. Times like these make us so profoundly sad...yet so profoundly proud. We lost so much on January 26, 2005 and I know that the emptiness will be with us for a long time to come. However please take comfort in knowing that your family is in our prayers everyday. Our loved ones are heros and I personally find solice in knowing that they are in a better place. May God bless your family and may you find peace in knowing that someday you will be reunited with Jonathan.
With much love and saddness,
Pat Hommel
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