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Lt. Col. Canfield Boone
Clifton, Virginia
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Clifton, Virginia
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Send FlowersAs a student of history, Army Col. Canfield "Buddy" Boone knew the significance of all of the major battlefields and cemeteries honoring those who fell in battle in the Washington, D.C., area.
Their proximity was one of the reasons the 53-year-old Indiana native was willing to move to Washington to take a job with the Pentagon in 1990.
After the attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, Boone's old personnel office will now join that list of battlefields, and he will soon be buried in its most famous cemetery, Arlington National.
"Buddy would have liked that," said Linda, his wife of 31 years.
Born and raised in Milan, Ind., Boone went on to earn a major in history and political science at Butler University in Indianapolis, where he met his wife.
The couple had three sons, 23, 21 and 18, for whom Boone coached baseball over the years "and being a Hoosier, of course, basketball too," his wife said.
After graduating from college he started student teaching, but then took a job selling insurance.
During the Vietnam War, Boone signed up for the National Guard, doing weekend drills and a couple weekends every summer.
But he stayed in the Guard part-time until deciding to go to active duty with the Army in 1986. For five years with the Army, he taught ROTC at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, beginning a full-time career he loved.
"He was very patriotic. And I think he liked the order of it and the feeling that he was really doing something for his country," his wife said.
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"We are all here for a micro instant. We don’t fret about the eternity which preceded us, and we obsess about the eternity to follow. Yet, in the 4fh dimension of time, each moment is also an eternity. For us, mere mortals, the shame is when we waste those moments, as the sum total reverberates forever, happy or sad, as it emanated from the beginning. It is not how long we live which matters, but rather how we live."
On behalf of all of his friends at Butler University, I would...
Jack Serafin
September 03, 2021 | Palm City, FL | Friend
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Remembering Canfield on the 20th anniversary of 9/11...
Cindy Roe
September 02, 2021 | Galesburg, MI
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As always, thinking of you, Buddy. On duty at your post for all eternity. Thank you!
William Arnold
September 12, 2020 | GREENWOOD, IN | Friend
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May he rest in peace for eternity, a true example of a patriot.
Jack Serafin
September 11, 2020 | PALM CITY, FL | Classmate
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I served as a cadet at EIU under, then CPT Boone, who taught Military Science in the ROTC Dept. I just learned of this site and felt compelled to tell my experience with this great man. He was a wonderful officer and a good friend to all of the cadets and cadre. Everyone liked and respected CPT Boone. He led by example and was always willing to help cadets, no matter the issue. God bless him and his family. I thank him for his leadership, dedication, and patriotic service.
Lee Leathers
September 09, 2020 | Charleston, IL | Military
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Almost 20 years later and I still think of him with great fondness. I served with Bud and every meeting with him was received with a warm smile and encouraging words. In my heart he is unforgettable.
Lawrence Headley
April 26, 2020 | Holbrook, PA | Military
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I never met him and did not know him but I am proud to be associated with him as a Butler Alumni and thank him along with his family for his service and sacrifice.
Bruce Lamparelli
September 22, 2019 | Cotuit, MA
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Thinking of you, Buddy, as always. Rest in peace, my friend.
William Arnold
September 12, 2019 | GREENWOOD, IN
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