Funeral for Spc. William Jared Crouch, 21, Zachary, LA

[Doug]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 690-07
June 04, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. William J. Crouch, 21, of Zachary, La., died June 2 in Al Hadid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Crouch was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at (253) 967-0152 or (253) 967-0147.



Update 04 Jun 07 at 2301 EDT by cagerbob

CONFIRMED MISSION: Spc. William Jared Crouch, 21, US Army, Baton Rouge, LA - - Mr. and Mrs. Rushing have approved the PGR participation in the services for Jared. They still do not know when he will arrive and they are also trying to coordinate with getting his brother John home from Iraq to attend.

I have contacted Eagle and volunteered my services as RC, work committments allowing. Services will be handled by Rabenhorst (East) Funeral Home on Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge with military burial at Port Hudson National Cemetery north of Zachary. This will mean a lengthy procession.

I will post updates as soon as they become available to me. Semper Fi ....... coltergeist


John Colter
coltergeist@mindspring.com


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[Dusty]

Godspeed and Thank You William Jared Crouch. Prayers sent out for family and friends.

[scootertrash]

Keep us posted Doug!

[scooterhose]

Godspeed and Thank You William Jared Crouch. Prayers sent out for family and friends.


+1 I never know what to say.

[Juice]

What is the word on the Funeral? Doug, Kev yall riding?

[2Evil4U]

I just received this at work. I'm going to be out of town or I'd be in the procession or on the street.

With a son in the Army and a Daughter and Son-in-Law in the Air Force, this is a close hit.


From: Lisa Rioux [mailto:lrioux@z***a.com]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:32 PM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: Honor of a fallen veteran



FYI...

On Saturday, June 9th the funeral procession for fallen solider Cpl. William Jared Crouch of Zachary will be traveling through "downtown Zachary" - Main Street between 1 and 1:30pm. In honor of Cpl. Crouch the flags will be displayed on Main Street and the Zachary Fire and Zachary Police Departments will be standing at attention. Mayor Henry Martinez would like to encourage the citizens of Zachary to stand along Main Street as the funeral procession comes through on its way to Port Hudson National Cemetery to honor this Zachary fallen solider and his family. Please feel free to forward this email to others so they may join us.



Lisa Rioux, CCD
Director, Zachary Chamber of Commerce
4633 Main Street
Zachary, LA 70791

[Doug]

updated 08 Jun 07 at 1826cdt

Cpl. William J. Crouch, 21, US Army, Zachary, LA, 8,9 June 07 ----- from coltergeist

Cpl. Crouch's plane is grounded due to weather at this time. Friday night escort mission from airport is indefinitely delayed....

The CAO advised that the service Saturday may be bumped also if the plane can't reach Baton Rouge before daylight tomorrow morning. Apparently a very bad weather system on the east coast.

Everyone needs to check this thread periodically for updates.

Keep in mind, please, that our frustration with delays is nothing compared to the family's pain.

We will continue with the mission as soon as we know a definite ETA for Cpl. Crouch.

John Colter

coltergeist@mindspring.com


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