Marc Retmier Tribute

It has been almost 2 years since Marc my friend and my brother, was taken from us. I would like the family to know that I and my family honor his memory not just on the 18 of June but every day. Corrance Stokes Hm3 (fmf)
Miss you bro

im from england and have just come across this story, and from reading and looking at tribute videos i feel very sad that this person has been taken away, he looks so nice and happy. x

I never knew you but we both served together in Afghanistan. I served many places including FOB Rushmore in Paktika Provence, in 20006-2007. When you came to March Air Reserve base, as a member of your honor gaurd, I helped carry you to your final resting place my brother...I am going back to Afghanistan in 2010 and i will always remember your goodness and bravery.
Petty Officer 1st Class Sixtus Galindo

Well Marc, I was never able to say goodbye to you. I left our unit on that fateful day in June to go home for R&R. They didn't tell me until i got back... I'm not sure what to do, say, or think... Really I just want you to know that i miss you and even still all these months later I still think of the good times we had together. Not a day, or sleepless nite goes by that I don't remember you. You touched my life and will live on in my heart until i come to meet up with you on the other side of the sunset. Until themn my friend I miss you...
-CM3 Flower, Tyler, L.

Marc, you are one hell of a soldier. You will be missid by the whole PRT and by friends and family. It was an honor and an honor and a privlage to have served our nations call with you.

I have made a video of Marc from pictures that I have gotten from other people in the PRT. the like to the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HTgSrtgCt8

I did not have the honor of knowing Marc, but I have known his father and his grandparents, off and on, for almost 40 years. I live in the same town that Marc is from, a town that has given 7 heros to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan so far, more than any other place in the country! Some say that it is because the young men and women want to get out of the small town atmosphere. I believe that it is because the young men and women were raised to love this country, respect it, and to fight for it! I think they all have a type of pride in their country that makes them lead by example! I know Marc was one such young man!
I went to see Marc's parents Saturday, and was immediately touched by the miniature flags lining Steve and Joy's driveway. Each one had a little plastic bag with handwritten notes from friends, family, and well wishers! It was moving! I spent a few private moments with Steve and Joy, Joy someone that I had never met but took an immediate liking to, and Steve, a friends face from the past but wearing an older man's clothes now!
While our moments were private, the question came up, " Will we ever see Marc again?" The answer to that, of course, is yes! Marc was fighting a growing evil on this earth, and I know he is welcomed into God's kingdom! I also know that Steve and Joy will one day be reunited with their son! But not yet, Steve and Joy! Honor your son the best way you can, by living your lives to the fullest, keeping him close in your memories! Know that, although painful, he gave his life loving what he was doing! That is something not all of us will be able to say when the Lord calls us home! May God be with you, Marc, Steve, Joy, and the rest of your family! And thank you, Marc, for showing all of us, again, that freedom is not free, and heros come from even the smallest of towns! God bless you! Michael Hendricks