Daniel Foster "Danny" Choate

In 1969 I was a high school football player for Woodbridge H. S. In Woodbridge, VA. My father was major stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, as such I often went to Larson´s Gym to work out on the weekends and during the summer. There I met many of the players on the Quantico Marine team including Danny. Danny was very nice to me and my HS friends and he other players on the team took the time to coach us on our football skills. Watching today´s Army/Navy game I was texting an old HS buddy of mine and we were recalling having Danny and several of the other players on the team coach us. I thought I´ll look his name up and I was sad to see his obituary when I did. His obituary was correct he was a physically imposing, but also a very kind person. I have no doubt he was an exemplary law enforcement officer.

I found myself in the Marine Corps later in life (1972-1976) and my experiences in the Corps helped form me as a man. Prayers to Danny and his family. Semper Fi. David Reitz "Private Flintstone"

Danny was an amazing man. I remembered meeting Danny for the first time around 1975, I was with Buster Smith, and Danny was dispatching for South Carolina hwy patrol that night. We listing to a high speed chase a trooper was involved in, and I was awe being a rookie in law-enforcement I looked up to Danny, his cool demeanor during the next forty plus years, I can still remember his voice, and his smile. Rest in peace my friend, my brother in blue. You will never be forgotten by the people you touched in your life.