Richard M. Crane

Died: February 8, 2005

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 325th Field Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve

Branch: U.S. Army

Specialist Richard M. Crane died in his sleep on February 8, 2005, while serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Crane served as a surgical technician and combat medic in the Army Reserve and was as­signed to the 325th Field Hospital, Independence, Missouri. The 25-year-old husband and father of three was just a month shy of returning to the United States. Family and friends said their farewells on February 18, 2005, at the Broadview Christian Church in Kansas City, after which he was laid to rest in Mound Grove Cemetery in Indepen­dence, Missouri.