{"id":7004,"date":"2014-10-02T17:41:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=7004"},"modified":"2019-09-27T21:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:11:54","slug":"benjamin-p-calvin-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=7004","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin P Calvin, 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16819 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Calvin-Benjamin-P-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Calvin-Benjamin-P-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Calvin-Benjamin-P-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Calvin-Benjamin-P-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Benjamin P. Calvin,\u00a025, of Marine, Illinios, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2017 at his residence. Ben was born on March 18, 1992 in Clayton, Missouri.<\/div>\n<div>He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Kathryn Esterlein; and his paternal grandfather, Paul Calvin.Ben is survived by his parents, Scott and Sarah (Esterlein) Calvin in Marine, IL; siblings, Brandon Calvin and Amanda Calvin, both of Collinsville, IL; maternal grandfather, Ray Esterlein of Collinsville, IL; paternal grandmother, Jerilyn Calvin-Howard of Maryville, IL; his extended family of Brooke Vesci, Trevor Dodds, and Kyle Weinmann; one nephew, Leo Dodds and one niece, Ally Calvin, both of Collinsville; many aunts, uncles, cousins, dear friends and his adored pets, Dingo, Benny, Trixy, Frieda, and Lucy.<\/p>\n<p>Ben was a 2010 graduate of Metro East Lutheran High School. Following graduation, he enlisted with the\u00a0<a id=\"ydpf18b1132yiv8643912353InlineMicrositeLink_U.S._Army\" class=\"ydpf18b1132yiv8643912353MicrositeKeyword\" title=\"Visit U.S. Army Memorial Site to see similar profiles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/legacies\/army\/?personid=186863070&amp;affiliateID=1341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Army<\/a>\u00a0and was trained as an Intelligence Analyst. He served in that capacity on both active duty, in the Army Reserves, and with his civilian employer; BAE Systems. Above all, Ben was a devout Christian and patriot who loved his country dearly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ydpf18b1132yiv8643912353AppleMailSignature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.connectingvets.com\/articles\/ben-calvin-committed-suicide-last-year-here-his-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecting Vets; Ben Calvin\u2019s story:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/contribute-memorial-wall\">Add your loved one to the wall\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin P. Calvin,\u00a025, of Marine, Illinios, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2017 at his residence. Ben was born on March 18, 1992 in Clayton, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Kathryn Esterlein; and his paternal grandfather, Paul Calvin.Ben is survived by his parents, Scott and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}