Darwin Lee Judge
Lance Corporal
AMEMBASSY SAIGON, E CO, USMC SEC GUARD BN, HQ USMC United States Marine Corps Marshalltown, Iowa February 16, 1956 to April 29, 1975 DARWIN L JUDGE is on the Wall at Panel W1, Line 124 |
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My boyhood friend and fellow Eagle Scout, Lance Corporal Darwin L. Judge of Marshalltown, Iowa, was killed during the Fall Of Saigon on April 29, 1975. He and fellow Marine Security Guard Corporal Charles McMahon of Woburn, Massachussetts, were the last two men to lose their lives in Vietnam during an attack by the North Vietnamese on Ton Sun Nhut Airbase. This page is dedicated to their memory and to honor all the men and women who served in Southeast Asia.
Ken Locke
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I would like to pay my deepest respects for Darwin. We graduated together in 1974. Darwin joined the Marines and I joined the Army at the same time. I was overseas when Darwin was killed, I was not able to return to Marshalltown until a few years later. I stayed in the Army joining the Reserves and retiring in 1996 as a Major. I have worked in Law Enforcement since 1982 and have worked for the U.S. Department of Justice since 1985. I am what I am today because of my friendship with Darwin, he was always devoted to this country and I attempted to follow his patriotism. I have always felt a deep sense of loss from his passing and that of my brother-in-law who was also killed in Vietnam. Mr and Mrs Judge, I will always remember your kindness and hospitality when I visited your home with Darwin. He was a true hero and a great friend. God bless.
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