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Funeral Arrangements:
Milligan graduate killed in Iraq
Letendre was commissioned a lieutenant by the Marine Corps in May 2000 at his Milligan commencement. He trained to become a military infantry officer and was part of the force that invaded Iraq in 2003. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for Valor. After returning from Iraq in 2003, Letendre was assigned to be the inspector-instructor for Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, a Marine Reserve unit headquartered in Plainville, Conn. His job was to prepare the unit’s members for deployment. When the unit was called up recently for its first Iraq duty, Letendre voluntarily joined them for a second tour.“Brian was an extremely hard worker. He was very determined in everything he did,” said Dr. Bruce Montgomery, associate professor of communications at Milligan and Letendre’s academic advisor. Montgomery, who will officiate at the funeral service and burial, got to know Brian and Autumn well through his role as chaplain of the Milligan soccer teams and through speech and communications courses.Besides his wife and son, Letendre is survived by his parents, Milton and June Letendre of Woodbridge, Va., and two brothers, Justin and Nick. Letendre’s father-in-law, Larry Crane of Indianapolis, is a 1971 Milligan alumnus. His wife’s grandparents, Earl and Ann Griffith of Bluff City, Tenn., are also Milligan alumni. Funeral services will be held next week, in Woodbridge, Va., with burial at Arlington National Cemetery. (Information on arrangements will be updated here as it becomes available.)At the family’s request, a soccer scholarship fund has been established in Letendre’s memory at Milligan College. Contributions may be sent to The Brian Letendre Memorial Soccer Scholarship Fund, Milligan College, P.O. Box 750, Milligan College, TN 37682. Donations may be made online at https://www.applyweb.com/public/contribute?mcacnew. For more information, please call 423.461.8719. ###
Other articles about Brian Letendre:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501691_pf.html http://www.courant.com/hc-nebiraq0506.artmay06,0,1427804.story
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MILLIGAN
COLLEGE, TN (May 8, 2006) —
Capt. Brian S. Letendre, a 2000 graduate of
Milligan College, was killed May 3 when a suicide car bomber attacked his
observation post in
Al
Anbar province, west of Baghdad according to the Department of Defense. He was 27 and had just volunteered
for his second tour in Iraq.
Send online condolences and
memories to the family at the
Boston Globe
Make an online donation to the
Brian Letendre
Memorial Soccer Scholarship Fund
Or mail to:
The Brian Letendre Memorial
Soccer Scholarship Fund
Milligan College
P.O. Box 750
Milligan College, TN 37682