Frantz, Ken, Col

Engineer, Construction And Equipment
 
 TWS Ribbon Bar
Life Member
 
 Service Photo 
 Service Details
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Current Service Status
USMC Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Primary MOS
1302-Combat Engineer Officer
Current/Last MOSGroup
Engineer, Construction And Equipment
Previously Held MOS
521-Basic Marine, Enlisted
9901-Basic Officer
5702-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Officer
1330-Facilities Management Officer
9904-Colonel, Logistician
Primary Unit
1997-1999, 9904, G-4, III MEF
Service Years
1967 - 1999
Other Languages
Spanish
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Plank Owner Certificate
Officer Collar Insignia
Colonel

 Official Badges 

USMC Retired Pin USMC Retired Pin (30 Years) US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Cold War Veterans AssociationMarine Corps Mustang AssociationMarine Corps Veterans AssociationMarine Corps Engineer Association (MCEA)
Officers' Christian FellowshipMarine Corps Heritage FoundationMarine Corps Together We ServedMarine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)American Military Retirees Association (AMRA)Texas Area Marines
  1968, Cold War Veterans Association
  1993, Marine Corps Mustang Association
  1999, Marine Corps Veterans Association
  1999, Marine Corps Engineer Association (MCEA)
  2004, Officers' Christian Fellowship
  2006, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
  2006, Marine Corps Together We Served
  2007, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  2008, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
  2012, American Military Retirees Association (AMRA)
  2014, Texas Area Marines


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Enjoying retirement on our family homestead in Washington State; In 2016, had to step down as Executive Director/Secretary/webmaster for the Marine Corps Engineer Association due to family healthy issues. After Diana passed away in March 2019, I moved to Spring Texas. Went back to volunteering with MCEA as Permanent Associate Director. In November 2019, elected to the Board of Directors and as Executive Director for Future Operations Base; a Houston non-profit assisting active duty military, veterans, first responders and eligible family members. In February 2020, became a foster dad to Honor, a yellow Lab, in support of The Rescue for PTSD and served as their Vice President and Prez. In October 2020, joined a start-up non-profit, WARRIORS EMPOWERED, as Executive Director and Board Member. In 2020, perchased acreage in WA and began developing it for the family. Moved to here in 2022 and now 10 of us family, 4 generations living on the property.
 

   
Other Comments:

After retiring in '99, operated our 200 Acre cattle ranch in Fla. before retiring again, then moved to N.Y. for seven years before settling in Conroe, Texas in Dec 2011.

   

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 Tributes from Members  
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE posted by 04 Fuller, Ronald (Ron), MGySgt 2555
Thank you for your service posted by 03 Willis, Earl (EM), Sgt 20

  1968-1968, 1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)



From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
March / 1968
Unit
1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) Unit Page
Rank
Private
MOS
Not Specified
Base, Station or City
Recruit Depot San Diego
State/Country
California
 
 
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 1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors) Details

1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)
Type
Support
 
Parent Unit
RTR, MCRD SD
Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 10, 2023
   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
Platoon 109, MCRD San Diego 1968
57 Members Also There at Same Time
1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)

Rumsey, Dexter, Capt, (1964-1968) 3 0302 Captain
Norton, Phillip, Capt, (1960-1980) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Lovell, James, MSgt, (1945-1968) 4 0400 Master Gunnery Sergeant
Bialoglowy, David, MGySgt, (1963-1990) 8511 Gunnery Sergeant
Plumlee, Frank, Maj, (1958-1988) 8511 Gunnery Sergeant
Glynn, John, SSgt, (1960-1972) Staff Sergeant
Horton, Ralph, SSgt, (1964-1974) 8511 Staff Sergeant
Reno, Donald, SSgt, (1951-1971) 8511 Staff Sergeant
Seagriff, Pete, SgtMaj, (1962-1990) Staff Sergeant
Seagriff, Pete, SgtMaj, (1962-1990) 8511 Staff Sergeant
Brown, Floyd, GySgt, (1954-1973) 8511 Sergeant
Chatman, Milton, Sgt, (1966-1968) 58 5800 Sergeant
Consalvo, Rodney, MSgt, (1965-2007) 8511 Sergeant
Crittenden, Gary, Sgt, (1968-1972) Sergeant
Damme, Donald, Sgt, (1966-1969) 1 0121 Sergeant
Everett, John, Sgt, (1965-1969) 11 1100 Sergeant
Flores, Arnoldo, Sgt, (1965-1969) 8511 Sergeant
Humphrey, Damon, Sgt, (1966-1969) 3 0300 Sergeant
Kelly, Sean, Sgt, (1967-1971) 3 0300 Sergeant
McWhorter, Stanley, Sgt, (1965-1969) 33 3381 Sergeant
Robertson, Gary, Sgt, (1966-1972) 8 0811 Sergeant
Englert, Michael, Cpl, (1965-1971) 58 5811 Corporal
Lerma, Ben, Cpl, (1966-1969) 3 0300 Corporal
Luna, Phillip, Cpl, (1965-1968) 33 3300 Corporal
Pate, James, Cpl, (1968-1974) 1 0161 Corporal
Haynes, Bobby, LCpl, (1968-1970) 30 3051 Lance Corporal
McClain, Byron, LCpl, (1968-1971) 3 0300 Lance Corporal
Townswick, Robert, LCpl, (1968-1970) 25 2531 Lance Corporal
Abrahamson, Robert William, MSgt, (1945-1971) 99 9900 Private 1st Class
Arechiga, Arthur (Frank), SSgt, (1968-1991) 0 Private
Beals, Roy, GySgt, (1968-1978) Private
Beaver, James, Cpl, (1968-1978) 3 0311 Private
Green, Edward "Ed", Maj, (1968-1992) 30 3000 Private
Keenan, Gary, GySgt, (1968-1977) 521 Private
Kelley, James, LCpl, (1968-1970) 99 9900 Private
Kennedy, Terry, SSgt, (1968-1983) 3 0300 Private
Kleeves, Brian, Cpl, (1968-1974) 25 2533 Private
Knox, Mark, SgtMaj, (1967-1993) 11 1100 Private
Long, James, MSgt, (1968-1988) 3 0300 Private
Matthews, George, Cpl, (1968-1974) 0 Private
Montague, Gene, Cpl, (1968-1972) 46 4631 Private
Murray, Robert, Sgt, (1968-1970) 3 0311 Private
Phelps, Michael, Sgt, (1968-1974) 3 Private
Price, Stephen, Cpl, (1968-1974) 11 1100 Private
Rollins, Terry W, LCpl, (1968-1969) 11 1100 Private
Stoskopf, Robert, Capt, (1968-1972) 521 Private
Streed, David, MGySgt, (1968-1990) Private
Treille, Jeffery, GySgt, (1968-1991) 3 0311 Private
Tygart, Steve, MSgt, (1968-1988) 521 Private
Waldron, Dennis, GySgt, (1968-1980) Private
Wilson, Ronald, Sgt, (1968-1985) 3 0300 Private
Ysit, Mario, Sgt, (1968-1971) 11 1141 Private
A Co

Hargraves, Robert, SSgt, (1983-1994) 0 Private
B Co

Elkins, Richard, Sgt, (1968-1972) Private
Key, Donald R, LCpl, (1968-1972) 3 0311 Private
C Co

Yarbough, Mark, PFC, (1968-1969) 3 0351 Private 1st Class
Gardner, Gregory, SSgt, (1968-1980) 0 Private
Rivera, Robert, GySgt, (1968-1990) 521 Private

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