Colonel James W Donnell

Colonel James W. Donnell, USMC.

>

> Colonel Donnell was born in Montgomery Alabama in 1922, and enlisted

in

> the

> Marine Corps in early 1941.

> He saw service at Pearl Harbor, and throughout the South Pacific, in

> WWII,

> earning the Purple Heart ribbon at Saipan, and again at Okinawa.

> He served in Korea, Lebanon, and in Vietnam, where he earned The

Legion

> of

> Merit. He retired from service in 1973 after a distinguished 32 year

> career

> in which he was awarded many decorations and campaign ribbons. He was

> preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Jean Ann Donnell, and his

> Granddaughter Jennifer Ann Donnell, of Newport Beach. He is survived

by

> his

> son Jim, of Newport Beach, his daughter Francie, of San Diego, and his

> daughter in law Kristen Donnell and grandsons Jack and Jimmy Donnell,

of

> Newport Beach. Services are pending.