Allan Klein
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Age: 34
From: Clinton Township, Mich.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Allan Klein was killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were
Died: January 26, 2005
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Clinton Township Marine killed in Iraq chopper crash
Associated Press
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 34-year-old Marine from Macomb County was one of 31 U.S military personnel killed in the crash of a helicopter during a sandstorm in Iraq, the Pentagon says.
He was identified as Lance Cpl. Allan Klein, 34, of Clinton Township, north of Detroit.
As of Thursday, at least 1,418 members of the U.S. military had died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Those killed included 40 service members from Michigan or with known Michigan ties.
News of the Klein’s death came Thursday night, hours after family and friends welcomed home members of a Michigan National Guard unit who had been serving in Iraq. The 1440th Engineer Detachment-Firefighters are based at Camp Grayling.
Forty-eight members of the unit were sent to Fort McCoy,...
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Prayers & Messages
Is not to die.
Rest in peace