Elessar kind of disappeared in the middle of 11/2019 and no one has seen him since.

I reached out to no avail a few times, but finally did some searching the other day, and found his brother on Facebook. And the way I found him was via the search, and his brother announcing that he had passed away very shortly after his last post here.

Elessar was a longtime member and friend to many here on the board.

He was a long time member of the United Stated Coast Guard and was extremely dedicated soldier and veteran. His USCG service was as follows:

U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty from May 1978 to July 2003

BM1 / E-6, advanced to BMC /E-7, but declined and retired to take:

GS-11 / Search and Rescue Spcialist, USCG from Aug 2003 to the present - Dec 2014.

To honor Elessar, his friendship to us all & his dedicated service to our country - I am adding a ribbon to the top of the board honoring him, and it will remain there so long as I ever own and run this site. And even if ever close down, I would continue paying to place a placard page of honor to our fallen members.

Godspeed, Elessar