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Glen E. Martinez

    
Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 01:38 AM EDT
Contributed by: River97
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Rocky Mountain News -- Ron Martinez knew something was wrong when he heard the two dogs barking from their kennel on his property in Monte Vista.

He looked out the door and saw two uniformed Marines and a pair of sheriff's deputies.

He knew why they had come.

"My whole world stopped," Martinez said Sunday. "I didn't want to open the door. But I knew I had to."

The officers were there to inform Martinez and his wife, Carol, that their 31-year-old son, Glen, a Marine sergeant based in Fallujah, Iraq, had been killed Friday by a roadside bomb. He was on his second tour of duty in Iraq.



His wife, Melissa Sue Martinez, also a Marine sergeant assigned to Fallujah, will accompany her husband's body to Monte Vista, where services are pending.

Three other Marines also were killed in the blast. The military has not officially released the names of the dead.

According to iCasualties.org, there have been 4,066 confirmed U.S. troop deaths in Iraq, including 57 identified as from Colorado.

"Glen was our hero," his father said Sunday. "He made us very proud because he always did the best he could."

Born in Alamosa, Martinez grew up in Monte Vista. He was quarterback of the Monte Vista football team for three years. He also competed in the state wrestling tournament three times.

He attended Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kan., on a baseball and academic scholarship, where he obtained degrees in math and land surveying.

After graduation, Martinez had been living in Boulder when he told his family that he planned to enlist in the Marines.

"He said, 'I'm tired of listening to people talking down my country. I want to do something positive,' " his father recalled.

"It baffled me. Here he's got these two degrees. I asked him why," the elder Martinez added. "He said, 'It's something I've got to do.' "

While training at Camp Pendleton in California, Martinez met his future wife one night while they were digging holes, his father recalled.

"Dad, I met this chick," the elder Martinez recalled his son saying the next day.

"Well, what does she look like?" the father asked.

"I don't know, but we talked all night," his son said.

Later, Glen Martinez recognized her voice when they were in the mess hall. As it turned out, she was from Denver.

The couple were married on a California beach in February 2006, 10 days before they were first deployed to Iraq. Glen Martinez and Melissa Sue Martinez renewed their vows Dec. 28, 2007, in a formal ceremony in Golden.
 
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Glen Martinez
Authored by: glaucolimo on Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 09:06 AM EDT
May god bless your soul.
Love Letter from GOD.
youtube.com/watch?v=kEfJpJ1lhQc
Glen Martinez
Authored by: anonymous on Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 11:58 AM EDT
Glen was a tremendous person who we all loved and adored. Including his amazing family. To those of you that read these comments and stories of this family and their hero know that he was a hero to many of us from our small town and we are devastated. Glen, may peace with you.
KLowry
Glen Martinez
Authored by: anonymous on Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 02:27 PM EDT
Rest in Peace Glen. you will not be forgotten! Thank you for everything. see you on the other side!
-bw
Glen Martinez - Hero
Authored by: anonymous on Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 06:22 PM EDT
God Bless Glen and his family. Glen, my good friend Jeremy Sandoval's cousin,
is the reason America is free. Thank you Glen - for keeping my family safe,
thank you for your sacrifice, thank you for everything. Love Jessica, Chris and
Madeline Fischer
Glen Martinez
Authored by: anonymous on Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 09:12 PM EDT
Glen,
I would just like to say thank you to you and the other three Marines who were also killed in that blast for your service and sacrfice for our Country. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Semper Fi Devil Dog!
Glen E. Martinez
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, May 18 2008 @ 02:30 AM EDT
Heart and prays to the Martinez family. Deeply sadden of the lost to your husband and son Glen. These are very diffucult days ahead. So as America and the Martinez family welcome Glen, HOME. Many many will come to honor Glen. Then you understand he has touched the heart of so many that knew and loved him. He is my brother and we are together with all our fallen. US Army Sgt (gregory-wahl.memory-of.com) God Bless!
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