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Army says chaplain is first killed in action since 1970
AP ^ | Friday, September 03, 2010

Posted on 09/04/2010 10:59:44 PM PDT by GonzoII

Capt. Dale Goetz of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colo., was one of five soldiers killed by an improvised bomb on Monday.

3 0 5 Share Before Goetz, the last Army chaplain to die in action was Phillip Nichols, who was killed by a concealed enemy explosive in Vietnam in October of 1970, said Chaplain Carleton Birch, a spokesman for the Army chief of chaplains.

The Air Force said none of its chaplains were killed later than 1970. A spokesman for the Navy Chaplain Corps, which also provides clergy to the Marines, didn't immediately return a phone call.

Goetz, 43, listed his hometown as White, S.D. He once served there as pastor of First Baptist Church, the Argus-Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D., reported. Goetz, his wife and their three sons recently joined High Country Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, where Fort Carson is located, the newspaper reported.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: army; baptist; chaplain
R.I.P.
1 posted on 09/04/2010 10:59:47 PM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

May God and the community comfort and bless his family in this time of loss.


2 posted on 09/04/2010 11:28:09 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (The liberal mantra: Never enough.)
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To: GonzoII

God bless the good chaplains.


3 posted on 09/04/2010 11:54:29 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: Persevero

He was with his troops, you can’t ask more than that.
Rest now Padre.


4 posted on 09/05/2010 2:04:29 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: GonzoII

God bless you sir. May the Good lord take you to His side.


5 posted on 09/05/2010 4:19:14 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: GonzoII

Prayers.

We will win.


6 posted on 09/05/2010 4:57:22 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (1.416785(71) x 10^32 You are receiving this broadcast as a dream.)
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