For the fourth straight year The Fallen Marines of Bridge Company and Herbert W. Best VFW Post 928 will hold a golf outing to benefit veterans of the tri-state area.
All proceeds will go to the veterans or their survivors with a special portion being set aside for Cpl Russell “Rusty” Carter of Springfield who is paralyzed from the chest down from a Humvee crash in Afghanistan.
Carter was serving with the 101st Airborne Division.
The event is June 29 at Cobbs Creek Golf Club and starts at 8 a.m. Cost per golfer which includes a reception at Maggie O’Neill’s Irish Pub in Drexel Hill is $110. This year’s event also features a Upper Darby Fire Department ladder truck golf ball drop which has a $1,500 prize for the winner.
Those interested in participating should call Tim Kilgore at 610-656-0941 or Matt Crawford at 610-662-2080, or email bridgecompanybravogolf@gmail.com.
The Fallen Marines of Bridge Company was created to remember Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle, 21 of Baltimore; Cpl. John Todd III, 25 of Bridgeport, Pa.; and Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, 36 of Brick, N.J.; who were killed killed on June 29, 2004 when a roadside bomb exploded next to their Humvee in Iraq.
They were members of Bridge Company Bravo, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, which is a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Folsom.