Lucas W.A. Emch
Died: March 2, 2007
Rank: Hospitalman
Unit: 1st Marine Logistic Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Branch: U.S. Navy
Navy Hospital Corpsman Lucas W.A. “Luke” Emch was killed on March 2, 2007, in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. His death resulted from injuries sustained from the detonation of a makeshift bomb while he was conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was assigned as a hospital corpsman—or as his unit called him, “Devil Doc”—to the 1st Marine Logistic Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, California. Funeral services for the 21-year-old Sailor were held on March 12, 2007, at the Donovan Funeral Home on the Historic Tallmadge Circle, Tallmadge, Ohio. He was buried with full military honors at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio.
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