The other day we discussed the special forces soldier who was killed in action while he was fighting against ISIS in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense has identified him as Staff Sergeant Mark R. De Alencar;
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar, 37, of Edgewood, Maryland, died April 8 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations.
De Alencar was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Rest in Peace, Brother.
May God grant you and your family peace, SSgt.
Godspeed, Sergeant.
God rest you well young warrior.
May the road rise to meet you and the wind be always at your back. Rest in peace, SSGT Alencar.
RIP, Trooper. Have a cold one on Fiddler’s Green.
Rest in Peace, Brother
Thank you for your service, sir. Rest in peace and may peace find your family.
RIP, warrior, and God Speed. Those who have passed before you are waiting for you.
Rest well.
Fair winds and following seas, SSGT.
I second that.
He was married. He was Dad to five children. Funeral arrangements are not yet published.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv3_AW1-q-E
Rest In Peace Brave Warrior Son Father Husband — THANK YOU for our FREEDOMS.
RIP
Looks like the Trump / Mattis Doctrine is: for every one of ours that you kill, we will kill 10,000. MOAB, order up!
About damn time.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/index.html
OH, YEAH!! We got them for you, Little Brother. Rest easy–we have the watch.
Heaven Needed A Hero
While you sit around and complain about what
you have or where you live
Remember what a Soldier somewhere for you is
about to give
A Soldier stands tall and proud and ready for
the fight
We must stand strong behind them through
their hard and arduous plight
RIP warrior Mark
UPDATE. Mrs. De Alencar said that her husband will be laid to rest in Arlington and that when the date and time is set, she will share that information. She is a remarkable woman. He was a remarkable man.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-soldier-funeral-arrangements-0414-20170413-story.html
Thank you for the update 2/17 Air Cav.
Here’s another update and good news of a special sort. A family friend of the De Alencars, the wife of a soldier, wanted to do something for the De Alencar family. So, she started a GFM page, with the modest goal of 15K, with every dime going to the De Alencars. (The now fatherless children range in age from 3 to 17.) Well, the GFM donations are over $230,000 right now. It does my old heart good to see that–and probably yours, no matter what age your heart.
https://www.gofundme.com/ssg-mark-de-alencar
That is great news.
The Funeral Arrangements Are As Follows…
Visitation is May 8, from 1 to 9 p.m. at McComas Funeral Home, 1317 Cokesbury Road in Abingdon, Maryland. The following day, also in Abingdon, a funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 1415 Abingdon Road.
Burial will be held at Arlington on 10 May at 1300.
If you would like to make a donation–or another one–to Mrs. De Alencar and the five children, the GoFundMe page is still up, but not for much longer.
https://www.gofundme.com/ssg-mark-de-alencar
The GoFundMe page that was started by the wife of a SF soldier who was a friend of De Alencar’s has pretty much topped off. The total donated is $327,305, a nice sum that will help Mrs. De Alencar and her five children. There will be a presentation of the check soon and pics of the presentation will be posted on GoFundMe before it goes down. That’s something you don’t often find at that site: proof positive that the money–all of the money–went where it was promised to go.
The Go Fund Me page is closed and no doubt was when I posted my cmt immediately above. I have read the page backwards and forwards and there is not a scintilla of doubt in my mind that every cent of the $327,305. Collected will be presented to Mrs De Alencar for her and her children. The GFM page is not down b/c there will be pis and an acct given of the presentation. For the funeral schedule, see my 19 April notice above.
will be pics
On this 2017 Memorial Day, the Bush family from Yorba Linda, CA are keeping SSGT Alencar and his surviving family in their prayers.
May the Lord keep and hold you all.
We thank you for your service and your sacrifice.