Marion DiMaggio Pierleoni

Posted on: Jun 04, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Trying to wish you Happy birthday..
..can't figure out how this works.

Happy Birthday, Lefty! Sorry I'm a few days late. ?? Hope you had fun. ??

My neighbor since grade school & my first serious crush. We were friends for life. RIP James.

Bob was a good friend and fun guy.  His friendship and kindness gave me the confidence I needed to rise above the mean girls in high school. I had saved all his letters from Vietnam, but they are lost now... too many moves. I'll never forget the day I read in the paper about his death. I cried and cried, and was so angry that he died in some useless war. Still think of him often and what might have been.

Bob was a rifleman serving with Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. On April 30, 1967, his unit was engaged in a battle known as The Hill Fights (or the First Battle of Khe Sanh) against the NVA 325th C Division. The fighting took place on several hill masses north of the Khe Sanh Combat Base in the I Corps Tactical Zone. During the battle, thirteen Marines and a Navy corpsman were killed, including Bob, who suffered a fatal rifle wound to his right chest.

I'll never forget you, Bob.

Posted on: Feb 24, 2018 at 7:06 PM

Wayne Tubaugh, are you still around?
Marion DiMaggio

Posted on: Dec 03, 2017 at 5:45 PM

Hi Sandy, Haven't spoken with you for a while. I'm living now on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. I still miss San Francisco, but island living is kind of nice too. Glad you are doing well. Take care, Marion