Former Trona resident Charles Marion Russell passed away on April 6, 2004, at Madigan Army Medical Center, he was 74.
He was born to Ira and Mary Yarnott Russell. He graduated from Trona High School in June 1948, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1948.
A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam, he participated in the Inchon Landing near, Seoul, South Korea and in the evcauatin of U.N. forces from Hung Nam, North Korea in 1950.
Mr. Russell loved Marine Corps Aviation and was especially fond of the F4D Skyray and the VMF (AW)-115, which he was sent to Taiwan during the Formosa Straits Crisis in 1958. In 1968, he was wounded in the heel during a rocket attack on the airbase at Da Nang. He declined a Purple Heart, considering the wound superficial.
He became an administrative specialist and rapidly advanced through the ranks, obtaining the grade of Master Gunney Sergeant nearly a decade before his retirement in 1972.
While stationed in San Francisco, he met and fell in love with Yvonne Dionne. She was the love of his life. They were married at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Sunnville Oct. 18, 1952.
When he retired from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego in 1972, and the family to Olympia, Washington. A talented teacher, he worked as an instructional technician at South Puget Sound Community College from 1978 to the present.
He was precided in death by his wife Yvonne in 2003.
He is survived by six children, Vivian, David, Mark, James Brian, and Robert;
18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
He was born to Ira and Mary Yarnott Russell. He graduated from Trona High School in June 1948, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1948.
A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam, he participated in the Inchon Landing near, Seoul, South Korea and in the evcauatin of U.N. forces from Hung Nam, North Korea in 1950.
Mr. Russell loved Marine Corps Aviation and was especially fond of the F4D Skyray and the VMF (AW)-115, which he was sent to Taiwan during the Formosa Straits Crisis in 1958. In 1968, he was wounded in the heel during a rocket attack on the airbase at Da Nang. He declined a Purple Heart, considering the wound superficial.
He became an administrative specialist and rapidly advanced through the ranks, obtaining the grade of Master Gunney Sergeant nearly a decade before his retirement in 1972.
While stationed in San Francisco, he met and fell in love with Yvonne Dionne. She was the love of his life. They were married at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Sunnville Oct. 18, 1952.
When he retired from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego in 1972, and the family to Olympia, Washington. A talented teacher, he worked as an instructional technician at South Puget Sound Community College from 1978 to the present.
He was precided in death by his wife Yvonne in 2003.
He is survived by six children, Vivian, David, Mark, James Brian, and Robert;
18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Former Trona resident Charles Marion Russell passed away on April 6, 2004, at Madigan Army Medical Center, he was 74.
He was born to Ira and Mary Yarnott Russell. He graduated from Trona High School in June 1948, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1948.
A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam, he participated in the Inchon Landing near, Seoul, South Korea and in the evcauatin of U.N. forces from Hung Nam, North Korea in 1950.
Mr. Russell loved Marine Corps Aviation and was especially fond of the F4D Skyray and the VMF (AW)-115, which he was sent to Taiwan during the Formosa Straits Crisis in 1958. In 1968, he was wounded in the heel during a rocket attack on the airbase at Da Nang. He declined a Purple Heart, considering the wound superficial.
He became an administrative specialist and rapidly advanced through the ranks, obtaining the grade of Master Gunney Sergeant nearly a decade before his retirement in 1972.
While stationed in San Francisco, he met and fell in love with Yvonne Dionne. She was the love of his life. They were married at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Sunnville Oct. 18, 1952.
When he retired from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego in 1972, and the family to Olympia, Washington. A talented teacher, he worked as an instructional technician at South Puget Sound Community College from 1978 to the present.
He was precided in death by his wife Yvonne in 2003.
He is survived by six children, Vivian, David, Mark, James Brian, and Robert;
18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
He was born to Ira and Mary Yarnott Russell. He graduated from Trona High School in June 1948, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1948.
A veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam, he participated in the Inchon Landing near, Seoul, South Korea and in the evcauatin of U.N. forces from Hung Nam, North Korea in 1950.
Mr. Russell loved Marine Corps Aviation and was especially fond of the F4D Skyray and the VMF (AW)-115, which he was sent to Taiwan during the Formosa Straits Crisis in 1958. In 1968, he was wounded in the heel during a rocket attack on the airbase at Da Nang. He declined a Purple Heart, considering the wound superficial.
He became an administrative specialist and rapidly advanced through the ranks, obtaining the grade of Master Gunney Sergeant nearly a decade before his retirement in 1972.
While stationed in San Francisco, he met and fell in love with Yvonne Dionne. She was the love of his life. They were married at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Sunnville Oct. 18, 1952.
When he retired from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego in 1972, and the family to Olympia, Washington. A talented teacher, he worked as an instructional technician at South Puget Sound Community College from 1978 to the present.
He was precided in death by his wife Yvonne in 2003.
He is survived by six children, Vivian, David, Mark, James Brian, and Robert;
18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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