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Camp Barrett in Marine Corps Base Quantico in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

9th Special Basic Class

 
 
9th Special Basic Class Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 8, 2007
1. 9th Special Basic Class Marker
Inscription.
In Memory of these Courageous Marine Lieutenants
of the 9th Special Basic Class who trained
here from July 1951 – December 1951.
They gallantly gave their lives for
their Corps and their Country.

Glen Allen
James M. Laramore
Charels A. Pearson
William R. Phillips
Burton W. Randall
Morris F. Reisinger
Jerome C. Stuart
Earl L. Valentine

Dedicated in fond memory by their classmates who ask present and future Marines to remember their sacrifice.

 
Erected by 9th Special Basic Class.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 38° 29.941′ N, 77° 26.388′ W. Memorial is in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in Stafford County. It is in Camp Barrett. It can be reached from Tripoli Avenue. Marker is located between O'Bannon Hall and Heywood Hall in Camp Barrett, The Basic School, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Stafford VA 22556, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area, in Northern Virginia, and in the Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 10th Special Basic Class (here, next to this marker); 5th Special Basic Class (a few steps from this marker); Quantico Marine Athletes of the Sixties (a
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few steps from this marker); First Special Basic Class (a few steps from this marker); 13th Special Basic Course (1952) (a few steps from this marker); 6th Marine Division Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); Basic School Class of 2-1965 (within shouting distance of this marker); Courage (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marine Corps Base Quantico.
 
9th Special Basic Class Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 8, 2007
2. 9th Special Basic Class Marker
9th Special Basic Class and other markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W.
3. 9th Special Basic Class and other markers
Marker, at far right, at its new location.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,434 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.   3. submitted on July 29, 2014, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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