Jesse Eugene Thomas Bartley-Carney

Jesse Eugene Thomas Bartley-Carney, 70, of Wilsonville, Oregon, died at 9:00AM Monday, August 22, 2016 at his home in Wilsonville. Born Jesse Eugene Thomas Carney in Van Wert, OH on 26 Aug 1945 to banker Thomas Carney and public accountant Martha Miller Black of Cairo IL and Findlay OH, Bartley attended Randolph Macon Military Academy in Virginia, then enlisted in the Corps on 1 Oct 1964 after his oldest step brother, John Peter Bartley (CPT USAF 1st SOW Sqdn) died in air combat in Viet Nam. Bartley (service serial number 21003685) was first assigned to the Fleet, on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA specializing in Russian and Vietnamese. He volunteered multiple times for combat duty and finally got it, serving as a Rifleman with the 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, and I Corps during the siege of Da Nang. After his first hitch was completed 11 Sept 1968, Bartley was active in the Reserves while in college at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and was injured on the Tamiami Trail en route to Coral Gables for Reserve duty. Although that forbade further service as a combat marine, Bartley persevered, earned his BS in Criminology from USF, then re-enlisted on 27 July 1981, this time with the Silent Service of the Navy in Charleston SC, where he was an RM3 on the George S. Bancroft (SSBN-643) and the Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). Further injuries occurred in service, and Bartley accepted a medical retirement to civilian life on 15 Apr 1985, to write and work on various projects dear to his heart while overcoming his 90% service related disability. He was active with the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the USCG Power Squadrons and the Marine Corps League in Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, and then in Oregon, where he also served on the Marine Corps Coordinating Council and was a member of the Military Order of the Devil Dogs. He died on the morning of Monday, 22 Aug 2016, as a result of Agent Orange exposure while serving his country in Viet Nam. He is survived by his brother, John Edward Bartley III of Wilsonville, Oregon; his aunt, Fluanna 'Cissy' Tiedke of Seal Beach, California; and his cousin, Judith Maria Molinari of Houston, TX. He survived his parents and stepfather, John Edward Bartley II Esq., of Toledo OH, his stepbrothers CPT John Peter Bartley USAF (dec.) of San Antonio, TX and Stephen Cope Bartley of Illinois, and his sister, Martha Ann 'Marty' Bartley Britto of Naples, FL. Graveside services for Jesse Carney will be held at 11AM on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Beechwood Cemetery. Friends are asked to meet at cemetery. Military services will be conducted by American Legion Post #178 and the Illinois Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, please buy more ammunition for your GTH bag.

Jesse Eugene Thomas Bartley-Carney

August 26, 1945 - August 22, 2016