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Date Posted: Tue, December 28 2010, 7:36:05
Author: Fred Dorr
Author Host/IP: c-98-215-145-95.hsd1.il.comcast.net / 98.215.145.95
Subject: USMC Dog Handler & Dog KIA in Afghanistan

Dear VDHA & VSPA Members,

On December 24th, the morning before Christmas, the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. William H. Crouse IV, were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Cpl. Crouse was killed in combat along with his partner, a bomb-sniffing dog named Cane, on Tuesday, December 21st by a roadside bomb, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Crouse, 22, from Woodruff, S.C., was the 161st Marine killed in Afghanistan this year, according to the independent website www.icasualties.org. Of those, 60 were from Camp Pendleton in Southern California.

Others, like Crouse, were from other Marine bases but, in Afghanistan, were attached to the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Crouse was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment, from Camp Lejeune, N.C.

He had been in Afghanistan for six weeks as Marines continue their mission to secure control of what has long been a Taliban stronghold.

His mother, Nancy Siders of Fort Wayne, Ind., told the newspaper in Greenville, S.C. that her son's dying concern was for his dog. "My son was coherent for a brief period, and his biggest concern was 'where is my dog? Save my dog! Put him in the Medevac with me. Save his life,'" she said. The dog was put in the helicopter with Crouse but died. It was the Marines' fifth bomb-sniffing dog to be killed in combat.

He played football in high school and joined the Marines, his mother said, because "he always lived life on the edge."

Funeral arrangements: Calling begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at the First Assembly of God, 1400 W Washington Ctr Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46825. Funeral to follow at 2:00 p.m.

More information can be found at these links:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/on-the-morning-before-christmas-a-marines-remains-return-from-afghanistan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29

http://freedomremembered.com/index.php/lance-cpl-william-h-crouse-iv/

Our deepest sympathy is extended to family and friends,

Fred Door
VDHA President

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>Dear VDHA & VSPA Members, > >On December 24th, the morning before Christmas, the >remains of Marine Lance Cpl. William H. Crouse IV, >were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. > >Cpl. Crouse was killed in combat along with his >partner, a bomb-sniffing dog named Cane, on Tuesday, >December 21st by a roadside bomb, in Helmand Province, >Afghanistan. > >Crouse, 22, from Woodruff, S.C., was the 161st Marine >killed in Afghanistan this year, according to the >independent website www.icasualties.org. Of those, 60 >were from Camp Pendleton in Southern California. > >Others, like Crouse, were from other Marine bases but, >in Afghanistan, were attached to the Camp >Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. >Crouse was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th >Regiment, from Camp Lejeune, N.C. > >He had been in Afghanistan for six weeks as Marines >continue their mission to secure control of what has >long been a Taliban stronghold. > >His mother, Nancy Siders of Fort Wayne, Ind., told the >newspaper in Greenville, S.C. that her son's dying >concern was for his dog. "My son was coherent for a >brief period, and his biggest concern was 'where is my >dog? Save my dog! Put him in the Medevac with me. >Save his life,'" she said. The dog was put in the >helicopter with Crouse but died. It was the Marines' >fifth bomb-sniffing dog to be killed in combat. > >He played football in high school and joined the >Marines, his mother said, because "he always lived >life on the edge." > >Funeral arrangements: Calling begins at 10 a.m. on >Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at the First Assembly of >God, 1400 W Washington Ctr Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana >46825. Funeral to follow at 2:00 p.m. > >More information can be found at these links: > >http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/on-the-mo >rning-before-christmas-a-marines-remains-return-from-af >ghanistan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&ut >m_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 > >http://freedomremembered.com/index.php/lance-cpl-willia >m-h-crouse-iv/ > >Our deepest sympathy is extended to family and friends, > >Fred Door >VDHA President
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