Born: 18 July 1981. Killed in action 12 November 2004.
Morgan Strader joined the Marine Corps in July 2000 after graduating from Cumberland County High School in Crossville, TN.
He served with the 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton, CA. Sgt Strader was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed in action while fighting in the second battle of Fallujah. He died while protecting his platoon and the convoy his platoon was escorting.
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We are an active Detachment Serving Crossville Tennessee and Cumberland County with 102 Members and Associates and growing
Our May 2024 Membership meeting will be on Tuesday the 21st at Hilltoppers at 86 Duer Court, Crossville TN. Doors open at 1730 for meet and greet and meeting starts at 1800 and a Fellowship Dinner After the Mtg. Location TBD). Check the calendar for a Google map
Fellow Marines, Associates, and Friends:
We have received word that John Boski passed away on Wednesday morning the 17th of April 2024.
John would have turned 97 on his birthday in June and was our oldest Marine Corps League member.
Funeral and/or memorial arrangements will be passed on as soon as details are learned.
Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
Please give our fallen brothers a final well deserved "Semper Fi" and keep their family and loved ones in your prayers.
Visit our Calendar Page on 6 May for more information
Our Member Jim Mathisen submitted a well done video of the 4th Marine Division returning to Maui from Iwo Jimo on 4 April 1945. A great history lesson of our past Marines.
The mission of the Marine Corps League is to promote the interest and to preserve traditions of the United States Marine Corps; strengthen the fraternity of Marines and their families; serve Marines, FMF Navy Corpsmen, and FMF Navy Chaplains who wear or who have worn the Eagle, Globe and Anchor; and foster the ideals of Americanism and patriotic volunteerism.
Active, Reserve, Retired, and Veteran Marines continue the faithful tradition of looking out for the Marines to their left and right. Founded in 1923 by Marine Corps Commandant then MajGen John A. Lejeune, and chartered in 1937 as the only Congressionally Chartered Marine Corps Veterans Service Organization.
Our Detachment serves the Crossville, TN area and the surrounding Cumberland County area as well.
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