On the Marine Corps birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Matthew Thomas Abbate, who received a Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan.
Today’s #VeteranofTheDay is Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter, who died from a suicide bomb blast while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Charles Blanchard, who enlisted after his brother died fighting in the Korean War.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Brian McPhillips, who served in the 2nd Tank Battalion and was killed in Iraq in April 2003.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Stephen W. Pless, who served in the Vietnam War and is the only Marine aviator to be awarded a Medal of Honor during the war.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran John T. Sparks from Chicago, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Oct. 8, 2010.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Veteran Nathan Elrod, who died from an IED attack in Iraq.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Willard Henry Stauffer, who served as a motor machinist aboard USS Barnett (APA-5) during World War II.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran James Francis Chase, who served during the Vietnam War and was killed in action.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran John E. Foster, who served in the DMZ in South Korea and with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Lewis William Walt, who served as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.
Marine Veteran and Desert Storm Veteran Matt Malone went from self-described troubled youth to superintendent of Fall River Public Schools in Massachusetts.