John D. House
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Age: 28
From: Ventura, Calif.
Assigned to Naval Medical Clinic Hawaii, Marine Corps Units Detachment, Pearl Harbor
Incident: Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John D. House was killed Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash near Rutbah, Iraq. Thirty Marines were also
Died: January 26, 2005
Navy medic killed in Iraq wanted to protect comrades
Associated Press
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Petty Officer 3rd Class John Daniel House was in Iraq when his son was born on Christmas Eve, but he was able to hear little James’ first cries of life over a satellite phone. A few days later, a video hookup allowed House to see him.
But the 28-year-old Navy medic never got to meet his son face-to-face. He was killed, along with 30 Marines, in a helicopter crash Wednesday near the Iraqi town of Rutbah, about 220 miles from Baghdad.
House, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was scheduled to return to the United States next month. He was originally scheduled to return in July, his family said, but remained in Iraq because of a shortage of medics.
In a letter to his family he had written of bonding with his military comrades and of worrying constantly about them, said his mother, Susan House of Simi Valley.
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