Veterans Day 2016
Nov. 9, 2016
In Memorium
Spc. Joshua M.
Neusche
U.S. Army 203rd Engineer Battal-
ion
Hometown: Montreal
Date of death: July 12, 2003
Location: Germany
For Spc. Joshua M.
Neusche's family,
there was at least
some comfort in be-
ing able to see him
just before he died.
Neusche, 20, of
Montreal, Mo., died July 12 at a hos-
pital in Germany from what was di-
agnosed as pneumonia contracted
earlier in Iraq. His National Guard
unit was based in Joplin, Mo.
Monique Willcut, Neusche's cousin,
said Neusche's parents arrived in
Germany a few days before his
death, as doctors were trying stabi-
lize him so he could be flown to a
hospital in the United States. "He
never made it there," Willcut said.
"But at least my aunt, uncle and
cousin Jacob made it in time and
were able to be with him before he
died." Willcut said 650 soldiers in
Neusche's unit each gave $10 to
pay for the family's airfare and ex-
penses in Germany.
Lance Cpl. Darin T.
Settle
U.S. Marine Corps. Combat Logis-
tics Regiment 2
Hometown: Henley
Date of death: April
14, 2006
Location: Anbar
province, Iraq
Settle died from a
non-hostile motor
vehicle accident in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was a
machine gunner on a truck that
overturned after being hit from be-
hind by a civilian truck traveling in
the same convoy. Settle was en-
gaged to be married and left behind
a fiance and a 6-week-old son.
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Sgt. 1st Class Richard
S. Gottfried
U.S. Army 1st Division Support Com-
mand, 1st Infantry Division
Hometown: Lake Ozark
Date of death: Mar. 9, 2004
Location: Tampa, Iraq
After almost 20
years in the Army, Sgt.
1st Class Richard
Steven Gottfried was
ready to retire. But
that didn't stop the
water-treatment spe-
cialist from throwing himself into his
work ensuring the safety of the 1st In-
fantry's water supply. "Dad had no
fear," Eric Gottfried said of his father.
"He loved his country, he was proud of
his country and he wanted to defend
it. Whatever the commander in chief
would ask of him, he would do. He was
glad to put himself in harm's way for
his men and his mission." The 42-year-
old soldier from Lake Ozark, Mo.,
was killed March 9 by an explosive
near Tikrit, Iraq.
Sgt. Lawrence L.
Parrish
U.S. Army 110th Engineer Battalion
Hometown: Gravois Mills
Date of death: Oct. 7, 2006
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Lawrence L. Par-
rish was one of sever-
al men in his family to
serve in the armed
forces. It was natural
for him to follow
them. "Mom, apple
pie and the red, white and blue; that
describes him better than anything,"
said his brother, Tony. "He always
struggled do the right thing and to
make sure his mom, dad and family
were proud of him. And they certain-
ly are." Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo.,
was killed Oct. 7 in Baghdad by a road-
side bomb. He was a 1988 high school
graduate and was assigned to Kansas
City. Parrish, who fought in the first
Persian Gulf war, served in Bosnia,
Qatar, Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay.