Therrel S. Childers
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Age: 30
From: Harrison County, Miss.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers was killed in action in Sothern Iraq.
Died: March 21, 2003
Childers honored by The Citadel
Associated Press
POWELL, Wyo. — A fallen Marine with ties to Wyoming was honored by his alma mater, The Citadel, with a parade and memorial service.
Second Lt. Therrel Childers, 30, whose parents live in Powell, died March 21 after being shot in the abdomen in an assault on a pumping station in Iraq. He was the first American casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Childers’ father, Joe, and brother, Sam, attended a memorial service at the South Carolina university in late October, at which the Citadel Chorale sang and a list of Citadel alumni who died in the past year was read.
The two also attended a parade honoring Shane’s memory and met several Marines who attended class with him. Childers went to The Citadel as part of the Marine Enlisted Continuing Education Program.
“He’s still spoken of,” the elder Childers said. “He made an impression. It was good to be there...