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🎖️FRIDAY NIGHT TOAST | June 19th, 2026 🇺🇸
Hey Facebook Family — I’m Ray, your host on this sacred journey of remembrance. Welcome to this week’s Friday Night Toast where we pause, reflect, and raise our voices to honor those who gave everything.
Tonight, we share the Birthdays and Angel Dates of our Fallen Brothers and Sisters. We speak their names. We tell their stories. And we lift a glass in tribute to this week’s Honored Service Members.
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Now, Let's dive into this week's Birthdays:
This week's Birthdays:
Staff Sergeant Ricky G Fox – June 13th, 1971
Medal of Honor Recipient Specialist Ross A McGinnis – June 14th, 1987
Private Second Class James H Ebbers – June 15th, 1983
Private Joshua D Thompson – June 15th, 1990
Sergeant Jason E Ertter – June 15th, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel James A McLaughlin Jr – June 16th, 1955
Specialist Brandon J Prescott – June 18th, 1988
Specialist James L 'Doug' Bridges – June 19th, 1984
This week’s Angel Dates:
Lance Corporal Chad B Maynard – June 15th, 2005
Master Sergeant Christopher V Webb – June 15th, 2017
Sergeant First Class Michael C Bruck – June 15th, 2019
Senior Airman Karlie A Westhall – June 16th, 2018
Senior Airman Lawrence P Manlipit III – June 16th, 2018
Petty Officer First Class Xavier A Martin – June 17th, 2017
Specialist Austin J Hawk – June 17th, 2020
Sergeant Frank M Sandoval – June 18th, 2007
Now we invite you to lift a glass and join us now as we toast their legacy...
This Week's Honored are...
Army Command Sergeant Major James D. Blankenbecler, 40, of Alexandria, Virginia
Marine Lance Corporal Jeffery S. Blanton, 23, of Fayetteville, Georgia
Marine Staff Sergeant Melvin L. Blazer, 38, of Moore, Oklahoma
May Their Service and Their Sacrifice Never Be Forgotten!
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💙Today and every day… YOU MATTER.
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06/19/2026
Marine Staff Sgt. Melvin L. Blazer, 38, of Moore, Okla.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 12, 2004 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq while Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Also killed were Lance Cpl. Hilario F. Lopez, 22, of Ingleside, Texas, and Lance Cpl. Gregory P. Rund, 21, of Littleton, Colorado.
Melvin graduated from Moore High School in 1984. He had decided to make the military his career. With the support of family and friends, Melvin’s life and service were full. He was blessed with an amazing partner and eventually two children.
Dana Blazer, Melvin’s wife, described their courtship and eventual marriage: “We were such wonderful friends for many, many years. That friendship blossomed into a wonderful love. The stuff fairy tales are made of.” “To know my husband was to love my husband. Everybody loved him and admired him and respected him and held him in such high regard. He was a hero in his everyday life.”
“I loved him dearly,” Melvin L. Blazer Sr., Melvin’s father and a Vietnam Veteran said, “I was very proud of him.”
Melvin was proud to help the people of Iraq, but also told his family that he was glad to be in the country for another reason. His grandmother, Velma Blazer, noted that one of the things that Melvin was excited about was being in Iraq where Abraham used to walk. “He was where the Garden of Eden was, where Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden, right there in the cradle of humanity.”
May we never forget the Service and the Sacrifice of Marine Staff Sgt. Melvin L. Blazer.
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