William S. Siebel

(Courier News)

WILLIAM S. SIEBEL
BOUND BROOK
William S. Siebel, 69, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, from December 1958 until March 1963 and retired from AT&T in 2005. He served as an advisor to allied forces in the Republic of Vietnam in 1960, and was present at the Bay of Pigs. An active advocate for veterans, Mr. Siebel served as Commandant of the Department of New Jersey, Inc., Marine Corps League, for two terms (June 1993 - June 1995), the Marine Corp League National Judge Advocate and the Northeast Division Assistant Vice Commandant. He was a member of The Military Order of Devil Dogs, Inc. and founder and Past Poundkeeper of MAD DOG Pound #236. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., the Marine Corps Association, the Second Marine Division Association and the Third Marine Division Association, Vietnam Veterans of America, the American Legion; and, was an associate member of the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne Divisions Associations. He was Past Commander of Giles-Biondi Post #63, American Legion. Mr. Siebel was an active member of the Veterans' Support Committee for the New Jersey Vietnam Veteran Memorial, sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; the New Jersey 50th Anniversary World War II Commemorative Community Committee, and as a member of U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg's and U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell's Veterans' Task Forces. He was Somerset County (NJ) chairman of the Department of Defense Committee for Employer Support for the Guard and Reserves, and Chairman for Veterans and Americanism of the Bound Brook ELKS Lodge. He also was appointed a Commissioner to the New Jersey Agent Orange Commission by Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and an appointed member of the VA New Jersey Health Care Advisory Group (Board of Trustees) for the Lyons and East Orange medical centers. He was appointed New Jersey State Coordinator for the Marine Corps League for PEACETIME/WARTIME SUPPORT TEAM (PWST) by the Chief of Staff of the 4th Marine Corps Reserve District. He was honored by the Marine Corp League as the 1993 DETACHMENT MARINE OF THE YEAR and a co-recipient of the 1995 DETACHMENT MARINE OF THE YEAR, and by the American EX-POW Association, the Legion of Honor in 1964, and the Humanitarian Award, in 2005, from the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, two Distinguished Citizens' Bronze Medals by the National Commandant of the Marine Corps League, in 1993 and 1994. He was the 1996 and 2000 National Recruiter of the Year, including the Distinguished Citizen's Gold Medal and two Distinguished Citizen's Gold Medals from the National Board of Trustees. Mr. Siebel received the New Jersey Commendation Medal from Governor Christine Todd Whitman. He was one of seven recipients of the coveted BROTHERHOOD MEDAL, awarded annually by the MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART. He was recipient of a second New Jersey Commendation Award for his work with Operation Noble Eagle, and was awarded the Eagle Award by the New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System for meritorious service to the veterans of New Jersey and the nation. Mr. Siebel received a B.S. in Business Administration from St. John Fisher College, and has been a Trustee of the Chapel of Four Chaplains since 1994. He was National Chairman and Coordinator of the U.S. Marines Youth Physical Fitness Program sponsored by the Marine Corps League and the US Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Colts Neck. Since December 2005, he was employed as a Disabled Veterans Outreach Person (DVOP), New Jersey Department of Labor, New Brunswick. Bill and his wife Rae have lived in Bound Brook since 1992 and he served as a Councilman for the Borough from 2000 - 2006.
Bill is survived by his wife; and his daughter, Dawn of Las Vegas.
Funeral services will be 8:45 A.M. Friday, January 8, at Hagan - Chamberlain Funeral Home, 225 Mountain Avenue, Bound Brook, followed by a 9:30 A.M. funeral liturgy at St. Joseph Church, Bound Brook. Cremation will be private. Friends will be received at the funeral home 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Wednesday, and 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 P,M. Thursday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to be made to the US Marines Youth Foundation, PO Box 3070, Merrifield, VA 22116-3070.