06/23/2021
For all my Colorado peeps.
*** Call for Attendance (Boulder, CO) ***
The dignified transfer for Sgt. Donald D. Stoddard (USMC) will be on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from Denver International Airport to Crist Funeral Home in Boulder.
Sgt. Donald Stoddard served as a Marine and was Killed In Action on November 22, 1943 during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. His machine gunners were attached to Baker Company, 6th Marines in nighttime defensive positions shortly before a Japanese banzai attack struck the Marine line. Casualties among gunners and riflemen alike were heavy. At some point during the night, a shell or gr***de exploded overhead and killed Sergeant Stoddard. He was twenty-one years old.
He was buried in a mass grave at the time and was identified in April 2020. Sgt. Stoddard will be finally coming home on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 and then laid to rest in his final place of peace, honor and rest on Saturday, June 26, 2021
The public is invited to line the route to show their respect and gratitude for his service and to finally welcome him back home 77 years after his death.
Route and timeline are as follows:
12:35 pm – 12:45 pm Depart Denver Airport Gate #1 Onto Pena Blvd
12:41 pm – 12:51 pm Pena Blvd onto NB Tower Rd
12:45 pm – 12:55 pm NB Tower Rd onto WB 104th Ave
12:55 pm – 1:05 pm WB 104th Ave at Highway 2
1:09 pm – 1:19 pm WB 104th Ave at Colorado Blvd
1:13 pm – 1:23 pm WB on 104th Ave at I-25
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm WB on 104th Ave onto NB Highway 36
1:29 pm – 1:39 pm NB on Highway 36 at McCaslin Blvd
1:33 pm – 1:43 pm NB Highway 36 onto NB Foothills Pkwy
1:35 pm – 1:45 pm NB Highway 36 at Arapahoe Rd
1:36 pm – 1:46 pm NB on Foothills Pkwy onto WB Valmont Rd
1:37 pm – 1:47 pm WB on Valmont Rd onto NB 30th Diagonal Highway/Highway 119
1:38 pm – 1:48 pm EB Diagonal Highway/Highway 34th St
1:40 pm – 1:50 pm SB on 30th St onto Crist Funeral Home WB 3395 Penrose Pl 3395 Penrose Pl Boulder, Colorado
If you are in the area, please support our brother so he doesn’t go alone. Thank you for what you do, nation.