John D. House

Died: January 26, 2005

Rank: Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class

Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment

Branch: U.S. Navy

Hospital Corpsman Third Class John D. House, a devoted Navy medic assigned to the Naval Medical Clinic Hawaii, Marine Corps Units Detachment in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, lost his life on January 26, 2005, when a Marine Corps transport helicopter crashed during a sandstorm near Rutbah, Iraq, killing him and 30 other Marines. The 28-year-old was attached to C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and was serving on his second mission to Iraq. Although originally scheduled to return to the United States in July 2004, he chose to remain in Iraq because of a shortage of medics and was set to return to Hawaii 19 days after his death. House was laid to rest in Simi Valley, California.