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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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, Boot Camp (San Diego, CA), C/109
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Boot Camp Photo Boot Camp - San Diego, CA (1968), C/109
 
School
Boot Camp (San Diego, CA)

Company
C

Platoon
109

Start Date 
Jan, 1968
 

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Last Updated:Jul 23, 2016
   
Personal Memories

Instructors
Series Gy: GySgt E.C. Caliri
Plt Cdr: SSgt J.D. Prather
D.I.s: SSgt C.J. Good, Sgt G.J. Bashline

   
Yearbook
 
My Photos From This Recruit Training
RECRUIT FRANTZ; PLT 109, C CO 1ST RTR, MCRD SAN DIEGO 18 MARCH 1968
Platoon 109, MCRD San Diego 1968

  568 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Bina, Thomas Melvin, PFC, (1967-1968) C 109 Jan, 1968
Gillenwater, Gary, PFC, (1968-1970) C 109 Jan, 1968
Hayes, Dennis, Sgt, (1968-1992) C 109 Jan, 1968
Kennedy, Terry, SSgt, (1968-1983) C 109 Jan, 1968
LeClaire, Michael J, GySgt, (1968-1993) C 109 Jan, 1968
Schodde, Dave, LCpl, (1968-1969) C 109 Jan, 1968
Stolley, William Richard, LCpl, (1968-1969) C 109 Jan, 1968
Lamb, DuWayne, LCpl, (1967-1976) 109 Dec, 1967
Bright, Lennie, Sgt, (1968-1973) C 124 Jan, 1968
Burgess, Michael, SgtMaj, (1968-1998) C 111 Jan, 1968
Flewelling, Wayne, Sgt, (1968-1971) C 108 Jan, 1968
Gault, Bill, Cpl, (1968-1972) C 111 Jan, 1968
JEFFERIES, Brian, Sgt, (1968-1972) C 121 Jan, 1968
Malone, Dr. Dennis, Cpl, (1968-1972) C 223 Jan, 1968
MARSTON, STEVEN, Sgt, (1968-1975) C 308 Jan, 1968
Mercer, Roy, LCpl, (1967-1969) C 111 Jan, 1968
Moore, Charles, Sgt, (1968-1973) C 124 Jan, 1968
Patton, Mike, PFC, (1968-1970) C 2003 Jan, 1968
Ragas, Charles, Sgt, (1967-1971) C 101 Jan, 1968
RICHEY, RON, Cpl, (1966-1969) 109 Jul, 1967
Sendejas, Richard, Cpl, (1967-1969) C 103 Jan, 1968
Shaw, Thomas, LCpl, (1968-1970) C 214 Jan, 1968
Young, Alan, Cpl, (1968-1991) C 315 Jan, 1968
Arvalo, Rueben, Cpl C 235 Feb, 1968
Bratton, Bill, Sgt, (1968-1972) C 136 Feb, 1968
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