Iraq: Area Man Killed in Action
Information on services on June 15 and June 16 here.
At Canisius, Crowe instructed cadets in the junior class and focused on preparing them for the rigorous summer training at Fort Lewis, Wash. Last year, Canisius cadets excelled at Fort Lewis, performing above the national average, Bagwell said. “Their performance was a reflection of their training he gave them,” Bagwell said.Before taking the job at Canisius a few years ago, Crowe worked as a carpenter for a North Tonawanda construction firm. His former boss called him an “artist” in the trade. “He always wanted to make a difference, give people something more than they were asking for,” said Tom Arida, Crowe’s former boss. “He was that way here, and it was the same in the military. He wanted to give something back.”
Crowe’s career in the active Army, the National Guard and the Reserve spanned 17 years. He graduated from Niagara University, where he earned his Army commission as a second lieutenant. He was on active duty from 1982 to 1992, serving with the 2nd Armored Division in Germany and Fort Hood, Texas.
A spokesman for the 98th Division could not say whether other soldiers had been killed or wounded in Tuesday’s attack in the northern town of Tal Afar. Maj. James Lincoln said Crowe had been part of a Military Transition Team mentoring Iraqi troops. “They were in Tal Afar looking for insurgents when the attack took place,” Lincoln said. “He was there as a trainer, an adviser.”Three of the 98th Division’s four casualties have died while training Iraqi security forces, Lincoln said. Besides Crowe, they are Staff Sgt. Christopher Dill, a 32-year-old Buffalo firefighter, who was fatally shot in April, and Sgt. 1st Class Paul Karpowich, 30, of Bridgeport, Pa., who died Dec. 21 in the mess tent suicide bombing in Mosul. Sgt. Lawrence Roukey, 33, of Westbrook, Maine, was killed in an April explosion.
More than 1,000 troops from the unit are currently mobilized.
Lt. Col. Terrence Crowe, 44, of Grand Island in Erie County was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in three attacks Tuesday. He is the fourth member of the Rochester-based 98th Division to die in Iraq.“This is a sad day,” said Tom Arida, Crowe’s former boss at ABest, a North Tonawanda construction company where Crowe worked as a carpenter. Arida called Crowe “an artist.” “He always wanted to make a difference, give people something more than they were asking for,” Arida said. “He was that way here, and it was the same in the military.” Crowe, a father of two, left the company three years ago to train ROTC cadets at Canisius College in Buffalo.
A colleague there remembered Crowe as a fine instructor. “He was a very dynamic personality, very outspoken, very passionate about doing things in the best way possible,” said Lt. Col. Jim Bagwell, commander of the college’s ROTC detachment. Crowe attended the college’s commissioning ceremony while on leave a few weeks ago, Bagwell said. “He told a couple of war stories, but the gist of it was he was impressed that people, knowing the danger they were in, would do what they had to do anyway,” Bagwell said.
Crowe had been in Iraq since October.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lt. Col. Terrence K. Crowe, 44, of New York, N.Y., died June 7 in Tal Afar, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Crowe was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 10th Battalion, 98th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 98th Division, Lodi, N.J.
An Army Reserves lieutenant colonel from western New York has been killed by hostile fire while training Iraqi troops. Lt. Col. Terrance Crowe, 44, was a father of two. He was from Grand Island, north of Buffalo.
Crowe was the fourth member of the Rochester-based 98th Division to be killed in Iraq. Military officials said the attack occurred in Tal Afar, a city in extreme northwestern Iraq.
Crowe taught ROTC at Canisius College in Buffalo. He recently returned home on leave to attend the college’s commissioning ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel Jim Bagwell of Canisius said Crowe was passionate about doing things in the best way possible.
|
The Iroquois Division
Address General Inquiries Media Inquiries |
