Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Marcques J. Nettles
1983–2006
Navy PO 3rd Class; 1st Transportation Support Bn., 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Exp. Force

Graduate of West View HS. Overcame spinal meningitis; faithful, hardworking, battled a learning disability and flourished as an athlete. Enlisted in the Navy to prepare for a career in nursing. Described by his mother as “kind and gentle, yet incredibly strong.”