SSgt US Marine Corps
7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Pendleton, CA
He died while conducting combat operations. He was a bomb technician who was on patrol when he came across an explosive device. Gould analyzed it and thought it was safe. He was moving it to a vehicle when a second explosive that was part of the same device exploded. Dustin died a hero because he saved the lives of everyone in his platoon. Dustin moved to Colorado with his dad the year after his parents divorced and he graduated from Berthoud High School in 1997. While in high school, he began researching the military and he chose to join the Marines because it is such an elite group. He was on his fourth tour of duty in Iraq and was scheduled to return home in only 15 days. Dustin was an unselfish, outstanding young man who always excelled in whatever he did. He loved the outdoors and spent as much time as possible there. He was learning to play the guitar because it proved to be a great way to calm and occupy his mind while he was in Iraq. He had a half-brother who was in the Army and was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. Dustin leaves behind his wife of eight years, Elizabeth.
Interment on March 21, 2007.
7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Pendleton, CA
He died while conducting combat operations. He was a bomb technician who was on patrol when he came across an explosive device. Gould analyzed it and thought it was safe. He was moving it to a vehicle when a second explosive that was part of the same device exploded. Dustin died a hero because he saved the lives of everyone in his platoon. Dustin moved to Colorado with his dad the year after his parents divorced and he graduated from Berthoud High School in 1997. While in high school, he began researching the military and he chose to join the Marines because it is such an elite group. He was on his fourth tour of duty in Iraq and was scheduled to return home in only 15 days. Dustin was an unselfish, outstanding young man who always excelled in whatever he did. He loved the outdoors and spent as much time as possible there. He was learning to play the guitar because it proved to be a great way to calm and occupy his mind while he was in Iraq. He had a half-brother who was in the Army and was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. Dustin leaves behind his wife of eight years, Elizabeth.
Interment on March 21, 2007.
SSgt US Marine Corps
7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Pendleton, CA
He died while conducting combat operations. He was a bomb technician who was on patrol when he came across an explosive device. Gould analyzed it and thought it was safe. He was moving it to a vehicle when a second explosive that was part of the same device exploded. Dustin died a hero because he saved the lives of everyone in his platoon. Dustin moved to Colorado with his dad the year after his parents divorced and he graduated from Berthoud High School in 1997. While in high school, he began researching the military and he chose to join the Marines because it is such an elite group. He was on his fourth tour of duty in Iraq and was scheduled to return home in only 15 days. Dustin was an unselfish, outstanding young man who always excelled in whatever he did. He loved the outdoors and spent as much time as possible there. He was learning to play the guitar because it proved to be a great way to calm and occupy his mind while he was in Iraq. He had a half-brother who was in the Army and was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. Dustin leaves behind his wife of eight years, Elizabeth.
Interment on March 21, 2007.
7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Pendleton, CA
He died while conducting combat operations. He was a bomb technician who was on patrol when he came across an explosive device. Gould analyzed it and thought it was safe. He was moving it to a vehicle when a second explosive that was part of the same device exploded. Dustin died a hero because he saved the lives of everyone in his platoon. Dustin moved to Colorado with his dad the year after his parents divorced and he graduated from Berthoud High School in 1997. While in high school, he began researching the military and he chose to join the Marines because it is such an elite group. He was on his fourth tour of duty in Iraq and was scheduled to return home in only 15 days. Dustin was an unselfish, outstanding young man who always excelled in whatever he did. He loved the outdoors and spent as much time as possible there. He was learning to play the guitar because it proved to be a great way to calm and occupy his mind while he was in Iraq. He had a half-brother who was in the Army and was recently killed by a sniper in Iraq. Dustin leaves behind his wife of eight years, Elizabeth.
Interment on March 21, 2007.
