Memorial Day thread. I've served "in every clime and place" and when you're part of the Big Green Gun Club, eventually you're going to have to face a folded flag and a 21-gun salute. Here are a few people who wore the uniform but never made it home. LCPL Jason Rother. We were in boot camp at @MCRDSD together. In August of 1988, less than a year after we became Marines, he was abandoned while on a training exercise at 21 Palms. He died of dehydration and exposure.