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02-23-10, 05:21 PM
Update: Funeral set, flags lowered for Pawtucket Marine
4:20 PM Mon, Feb 22, 2010 | Permalink (http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/governor-orders-flags-to-half-.html)
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PROVIDENCE. R.I. -- The Pawtucket Marine who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday will be buried on Friday, and Governor Carcieri has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the Marine Pfc. Kyle J. Coutu.
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Marine Pfc. Kyle J. Coutu
Photo courtesy of Coutu's family
The honor will continue until after the funeral, the governor's office announced Monday.
Coutu was killed in a skirmish in Helmand Province. (http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/ri-marine-tolman-high-grad-kil.html)
Visiting hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at The William W. Tripp Funeral Home, (http://www.trippfuneralhome.com/) 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket. A Mass of Christian Burial will start at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Theresa's Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, with interment at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, a funeral spokeswoman said.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, family and friends might consider the adopt a soldier program (http://www.soldiersangels.com/) or make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Regiment by sending a check payable to the Department of Navy Gift Fund, in care of Charitable Donations Coordinator, 3025 John Quick Rd., MCB Quantico, VA 22134. In the memo portion of the check, note that it's for Wounded Warrior Battalion East.
View a Facebook tribute page for Kyle Coutu. (http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=srp&sfxp&q=kyle+coutu+#!/group.php?gid=348592670538&ref=search&sid=1585281951.1262110925..1)
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, 25, of Florence, Ky., died Feb. 21 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at 910-451-7200.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Eckard, 30, of Hickory, N.C., died Feb. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at910-451-7200.
4:20 PM Mon, Feb 22, 2010 | Permalink (http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/governor-orders-flags-to-half-.html)
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PROVIDENCE. R.I. -- The Pawtucket Marine who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday will be buried on Friday, and Governor Carcieri has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the Marine Pfc. Kyle J. Coutu.
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Marine Pfc. Kyle J. Coutu
Photo courtesy of Coutu's family
The honor will continue until after the funeral, the governor's office announced Monday.
Coutu was killed in a skirmish in Helmand Province. (http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/ri-marine-tolman-high-grad-kil.html)
Visiting hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at The William W. Tripp Funeral Home, (http://www.trippfuneralhome.com/) 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket. A Mass of Christian Burial will start at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Theresa's Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, with interment at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, a funeral spokeswoman said.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, family and friends might consider the adopt a soldier program (http://www.soldiersangels.com/) or make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Regiment by sending a check payable to the Department of Navy Gift Fund, in care of Charitable Donations Coordinator, 3025 John Quick Rd., MCB Quantico, VA 22134. In the memo portion of the check, note that it's for Wounded Warrior Battalion East.
View a Facebook tribute page for Kyle Coutu. (http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=srp&sfxp&q=kyle+coutu+#!/group.php?gid=348592670538&ref=search&sid=1585281951.1262110925..1)
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, 25, of Florence, Ky., died Feb. 21 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at 910-451-7200.
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Eckard, 30, of Hickory, N.C., died Feb. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at910-451-7200.