Michael L. Selves and his wife, Gayle, were counting the days until he could retire from his job at the Pentagon. Next stop: the greens and fairways of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Avid golfers, the couple married six years ago at the Fairfax National Golf Club in Centreville and planned a move to South Carolina … Continued
Janice Marie Scott was born on October 12, 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1955, her mother moved the family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she attended the local public school until her early teen years. Janice then moved with her family in the early 1970s to Colorado Springs, Colorado. There, she graduated from Harrison High School … Continued
Commander Schlegel graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 1985 with degrees in both French and Journalism. He received his commission in 1986 upon completion of Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. His first sea tour was on U.S.S. Spartanburg County (LST 1192), where he served as Combat Information Center Officer, … Continued
David M. Scales was a perfectionist who couldn’t rest until every job was finished. He showed up early to work and regularly stayed late. But the 44-year-old colonel with the Army Reserve always put his family first; in the minutes before his office in the Pentagon was destroyed, he sent an e-mail to his wife … Continued
Marjorie Champion Salamone grew up on a dairy farm in Pine Mountain, Georgia. She excelled in school and graduated from high school at the age of 16. She earned her Bachelor’s degree with honors in Textile Chemistry at Auburn University, as well as her Master’s in Textile Science. She was a person of deep character, … Continued
Charles (Chuck) Edward Sabin was born on July 31, 1947 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. He attended the Drexel Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma fraternity and the Reserve Officers Training Corps. After four years on the Dean’s List, Chuck graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969, and … Continued
William Ruth, 57, a veteran of two wars and of nearly 30 years as a social studies teacher, died in the September 11 attack on the Pentagon. An Army chief warrant officer, Ruth lived in Mount Airy. On the evening of September 10, he had presided over his first meeting as commander of his local … Continued
Robert E. Russell was born on April 29, 1949 in Columbia, South Carolina. He lived in Columbia with his grandmother, Emily Russell, until age eight when he moved to Washington, DC to be with his mother and five siblings: Cortez Fletcher, Jr., Emily Michelle Fletcher, Anthony Fletcher, Michael Fletcher and Melanie Fletcher. The oldest of … Continued
Born May 8, 1957 in Tome Green County, Texas, Judy Rowlett grew to be a dedicated civil servant, never resisting a challenge and always doing her best at everything she touched. Judy was reared in San Angelo, Texas and entered federal service in 1986. She worked in a wide variety of positions prior to beginning … Continued
One of Edward Veld Rowenhorst’s favorite things to do was to take his 7-year-old daughter, Ashley, to his Pentagon office, whether it was for Take Our Daughters to Work Day or just to give his wife, Traci, a break at home. He’d find an empty cubicle and give Ashley some crayons. One time, the two had … Continued
