Marine wants to fulfill late son’s dream with a trip to the moon
By and Jonathan Lehrfeld
Friday, Jul 29
A Marine Corps family will soon be sending the remains of their late son to the moon with help from a commercial space flight company that doubles as a memorial service business.
“The reason that we decided that we wanted to do this for my son is because his greatest ambition was to become a pilot in either the Navy or the Air Force and utilize that experience ... to jump into one of the space programs,” Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gallagher told Marine Corps Times.
The Gallagher family suffered a tragic loss when 11-year-old Matthew Liam Gallagher unexpectedly passed away in May.
A gunnery sergeant with the Joint Communications Support Element at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, Gunnery Sgt. Scott Gallagher enlisted in 2005 and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Okinawa, Japan.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2022/07/29/marine-wants-to-fulfill-late-sons-dream-with-a-trip-to-the-moon/
