Still remembering you Charlie rest easy Marine☘️

Kathy and family,

I was thinking of you and Charlie today. He was an extraordinary human being, and an amazing leader of Marines. I'm so sorry for your loss. I was thinking of my time visiting Region 6, when he was in command, and how grateful I was for his wisdom and your hospitality.

God bless.

Hey Charlie…I still think of you today as I will far into the future. Rest easy Colonel

Can’t believe it has been 8 years…feels like yesterday…rest in peace my friend!!

Well, "it's gets easier with time" is a simple phrase but still feel the gut punch of 8 years ago. I'm confident Charlie's legacy lives on well beyond his family and through all the lives he positively impacted. I know it lives on w/in me and my family. Semper Fidelis.

Rest in peace, Warrior. 

I’ll never forget you brother.

Happy birthday Marine!  You are missed my friend!

Hey Marine…Rest in eternal peace in the comfort of His Holy Hand

Happy Heavenly Birthday Charlie!

Sir, it has been awhile… I am looking forward to visiting you today, it will be the first time. Sorry it took so long. I never thought you would be so influential in my life, when I sat next to you the first time as the G7 for the Blue Diamond. I didn’t think you were overly friendly especially after a stern reprimand for chewing gum in chucks, but hey Lt Don’t Know!!

After my father passed in February 2014, you took me under you wing and shared your own experience of losing your dad at a similar age. I still am touched when I hear “Danny Boy, the pipes…”. Your kindness and support could not be matched and never forgotten. You helped me to decided to continue on orders with the 11th MEU, saying, “Will you regret in it if you don’t go?” That deployment was so hard but it kept me moving forward while all I wanted to do was give up. 

Going on that float allowed me to take my dad on the MEU like he had so desired to do as Cpl DeCloux, 2151 Turret Repairman. I was able to conduct a Burial at Sea, a unique experience that most do not get to partake in.

Sitting in the LFOC In the USS SAN DIEGO, I was so disheartened reading Col Fultz’ email… it was such a short time before I deployed but you had become a huge part of my life. Kathy to me in for the holidays after I returned, I was so thankful that she did.

The Blue Diamond staff suffered great losses with you and Capt Jessica Marks. I hope I have honored you both well, growing from 1stLt to Major DeCloux, heading to Command and Staff College. I will carry you with me. 

I can’t believe it has been seven years since Charlie passed away. Rest in peace my friend!

Well, Sometimes it feels like 70 years since I’ve seen or talked to this great brother and other times it seems as though it was just yesterday. Either way, I wish I could speak with him today. Always missed and loved. 

Charlie,
You were one of the very finest officers I ever had the pleasure with which to work. Leadership could have been your middle name. When I first met you at 10th Marines I knew you were going to go much farther in the Corps than you had already come. Our time working together at MWCS-18 and 3rd MAW formed some of the best memories I have about my time in the Corps and the men and women who make it what it is. Your performance in all of the positions you filled during those years was stellar in every respect. You are always missed . Semper Fi Marine!

Semper Fidelis and rest in peace. You are missed!

Happy Heavenly Birthday Charlie!

Was just talking about you the other day. Marines still remembering your mentorship. People throw around words like 'legacy' but yours is alive and thriving in the 0602 community! Fair winds and Happy Birthday! Tell Chesty we all said kill!

We all still think about you...and you will never be forgotten!!!

Miss you, my friend. Semper Fi,

Always in my heart little brother - miss you  Love you and I know you are watching over us ❤

How quickly time passes. You are missed by many. Semper Fi Brother Charlie!

It is hard to believe it has been 5 years. I pray that your family has peace in their life. You are missed by many but surely missed by them the most. 
RIP our dear friend. 

Thinking of you my friend...

Never forgotten. Always in my thoughts and prayers. 
In almost any situation I ask myself, "What would Charlie do?" and I inevitably make the right decision and charge forward.

Happy 52nd Birthday.....you are not forgotten!

Happy Birthday Sir
Semper Fi

It seems forever ago that we graduated from High School. Charlie was always thought of as the smart one! The one who graduated with honors! The one who would totally make something of his life. The one who everyone liked. Although we lost touch after school, I was so heartbroken to learn of his death. He was a great guy, loved by all who crossed his path. RIP my friend...until we meet again.

I miss you every damned day. You left us way too soon but God's will be done. - Ray

Sir, Happy 51st Birthday!

You will always have such a special place in my heart. I love you!!! I miss you! You were the best big brother a sister could ask for!!

Always in my thoughts and feel your presence guiding me. Love you always. - rest on peace

Hey other dad! I miss you a lot, but not as much as your blood family I'm sure. I hope everyone seeing this knows that you were a huge factor in my life. And I know that I still don't meet your expectations. I still don't meet my own. It's been many years since I saw you. Many more where I wish I knew more than I did. I will never forget you, and hopefully soon, stop disappointing you.

Charlie,

I think of you not only today but everyday. I pray for the repose of your soul. Rest in Peace Marine. Semper Fidelis, Dan McGee

I love you so much and I miss you every day. Thinking of you extra today

Thinking of you today... and always...

Dearest Charlie- I have almost been grateful that we crossed paths. You were taken much too soon. My prayers go out to your family.

So hard to believe you are gone. Happy birthday in heaven.

Happy Birthday in heaven Charlie! Say Hello to Chesty for me.

Happy Birthday Sir! We still talk about you from time to time. Things at Division and I MEF were better when you were around.

Happy Birthday Charlie, thinking of you especially today...

Charlie, I pray for you everyday that you will find eternal rest. Semper Fidelis, Dano McGee

Col Dowling, as a friend and a Mentor I just want to say Happy Birthday Marine! You are gone but NOT FORGOTTEN! Semper Fi Sir!!

Wow...I can't believe its been a year all ready since your passing. You are still missed and will always be remembered as such a nice person and strong individual. I am sure you are keeping everything in tip top shape up there. Continue looking over your family and guiding them. Continue to rest in peace Charlie!

Here's to Col Charles "the standard" Dowling. Charlie JR, We will link up in Jan in Oceanside yeah?

Thinking of you on this day.... everyday....

Each day at my desk I'm greeted with pictures of my family to include a picture of Charlie (the one from the memorial program).  Kathy's note of March reminds me, as Charlie does daily, to be good to all, to love fully and try to make the world a little bit better with small unremarkable good deeds. Matt McLaughlin

Hope your with Ron and dad 143!!!

Thinking of Charles today. I hope to catch up to LT Dowling in a couple weeks in SoCal. What can I say.... Just as I told Corporal Jared Cox, in Cincinnati, after we led his father to Christ hours before his father's death, it says in Romans 10:9-10  If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
"For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved." I told Jared, this guarantees you will see your father again. I believe very soon, crazy soon, the rapture of the church will happen. The most important decision of our life is waiting. Charles was part of the solution, never part of the problem. A real American, Marine, Father and Grandfather. Pretty good at hiding injuries too, so he could deploy to Africa as a Communications Officer and be selected as to LtCol to better take care of his family.

Sir, just want you to know that everything you taught me, the leadership, mentorship, articulate accuracy and compassion is shared everyday with every one of my Marines. You are missed, yet I assure you Sir you live on in every Marine. Just wanted to say thank you and Semper FI

Thinking of you extra today, Uncle Charlie. I love you so much ❤️ Happy birthday