"IN GOD'S HANDS"

~CASUALTIES OF PEACE~
MEMORIAL PAGES
 
 

PFC JAMES V. GARDNER
UNITED STATES MARINES
BANGOR, WASHINGTON
NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE

JAMES  (8 YEARS OLD) WITH HIS MOTHER, ARLENE
BAPTISM DAY ~ 1981

~BORN TO EARTH~
JULY 9, 1973

~BORN TO HEAVEN~
OCTOBER 1, 1991

JAMES  (18 YEARS OLD)
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH

BELOVED SON OF:
DAVID GARDNER
AND
BILL & ARLENE BALL
 

"IRISH BLESSING"

JAMES  (14 YEARS OLD)
FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL ~ SEPT 1987

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hands.

JAMES WITH HIS SISTERS' JESSIE & SARAH
GRADUATION FROM BOOTH CAMP ~ SAN DIEGO.

~MARINE ANGEL~
 

~I WILL REMEMBER YOU~
~Sara McLachlan~

I will remember you
Will you remember me
Don't let life pass you by
Weep not for the memories.

I'm so tired
But I can't sleep
Standing on the edge
Of something much too deep

Funny how I feel so much
But cannot say a word
We are screaming inside
Oh...but we can't be heard.

So afraid to love you
More afraid to lose
Clinging to a past
That doesn't let me choose.

But once there was a darkness
A deep and endless night
Gave me everything you had
Oh...you gave me light

I WILL REMEMBER YOU
 
 

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"IN GOD'S HANDS"

~REMEMBERING CALENDAR~ JULY~
~REMEMBERING CALENDAR ~ OCTOBER~
 
 

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PAGE UPDATED ~ 02/06/04