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Adam J. Crumpler

Adam J. Crumpler

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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler

Age: 19

From: Charleston, W.Va.

Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler was killed June 18 by small-arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Spear in Karabilah, Iraq.

Died: June 18, 2005


Fallen Marine joined military to emulate grandfather

Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Marine from West Virginia who was shot to death during combat in Iraq joined the military because he wanted to follow in the footsteps of the grandfather who raised him, his sister says.

Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler, 19, of Campbell’s Creek, died Saturday after being hit by small-arms fire during Operation Spear in Karabilah, Iraq, the Pentagon said Monday. The dusty town is about 200 miles west of Baghdad and near Qaim, on the Syrian border, where the U.S. military launched Operation Spear on Friday to destroy militant networks that may filter across the porous national line.

Marines reported finding a weapons cache in Karabilah early Monday, including two dozen RPG launchers, heavy machine guns and equipment to make up to 25 bombs.

On the day he was killed, Marines from his battalion rescued four Iraqi men from an insurgent...

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the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Incident

Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler was killed June 18 by small-arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Spear in Karabilah, Iraq.

Prayers & Messages

Adam J. Crumpler
2008-05-25
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime, with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family. Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
Adam J. Crumpler
2007-06-24
I was fortunate enough to see my boyfriend return from war but I know I lived with the fear of him dying for 15 months. I am deeply sorry and I am very proud of Adam. He is a hero in my eyes and I am sure the world is less of a better place because he is gone. All of you who were fortunate enough to know him are in my prayers and may he rest in peace. It's truly a shame to see such a young boy loose his life to a horrible war...but heroes like him are the ones that give us our freedom!! ADAM!! THANK YOU!! for making the ultimate sacrifice!!
Adam J. Crumpler
2006-11-01
Miss you Adam!
Love, Dottie jean
Adam Crumpler
2006-10-10
Hey Emma! I just found this web site. I want you too know that I love Adam and Miss him very much. We had good times togathers and I wish I had more time with him. I love the whole family and If you need anything you know where to contact me. Angel Myers
Amyers85@verizon.net
Adam J. Crumpler
2006-10-01
Miss you Adam!
lcpladamcrumpler
2005-09-27
my darling grand son it has been three months since God took you home i still ache from the pain oflosing you i love you my darling boy and you will live in my heart forever. take care of your mom like you did when she was sick kiss her ans grandpa tell them i love them and will see all three of you soon love GRAMMY
Adam J Crumpler
2005-08-07
Adam I just want to say that I love and miss you
very much. I am proud of the man you became, but
I'll remember you as a litte who loved his family. But I know you really missed your Mom
so I know when you opened your eyes in heaven
she is who you saw first. Like I said I miss you
boy.
Love you forever
Aunt Jill
lcpl adam crumpler
2005-07-18
Adam grandma was so proud of you i loved you from the bottom of my heart . i still feel after a month i am in a nightmare i cant get out of i really cant accept the thought you are gone i love you . you are with God mom grandpa and brooklyn jade i will see you again my darling boy I have to stay strong for Brittnay SEE you in HEAVEN tell mom and pops i love them and watch for me all three wait at the gate for me of course brooklyn i never got to hold her but i will someday love you baby boy grandma.
ADAM J. CRUMPLER
2005-07-09
WELL ADAM IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE WE GOT THE NEWS AND IT STILL HAS'NT SET IN THAT YOU ARE REALLY GONE.MY HEART IS BROKEN AND I DON;T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. YOU WERE SO SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME FOR ME AND NEVER JUDGED ME. I WILL NEVER HAVE THAT AGAIN.I AM CALLING BRITTNAY AND MOM EVERY DAY AS YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED AND KEEPING HER TALKING.SHE LOVED YOU SO MUCH ADAM AND WE WILL ALWAYS SEE PARTS OF YOU IN HER.I JUST WISH THAT WE COULD SEE YOUR HANDSOME FACE AND SWEET SMILE ONE MORE TIME BUT UNTIL WE DO I LOVE YOU MY DARLING NEPHEW, AUNT JO
LCPL Adam J Crumpler
2005-07-09
Adam I will miss you every day until I see you again in Heaven. We were so lucky to have you in our lives and in our family. All of us feel robbed to not still have you. You could always bring a smile to my face. I know you are happier where you are now than you ever were here on earth. I know Toy welcomed you at the gates with Dad right behind her. I promise I will help Brittnay through this. I was always here for you when you needed me and I was and always will be here for her. We love you Adam and we're so very proud of you! Love,
Aunt Stacey
Adam Crumpler
2005-07-07
Adam not a day goes by that I don't think of you. I miss you more and more each day. You are my HERO! I cant belive you are really gone. I still wish you were here. I never dreamed that you leave this world so young. You are forever and my heart and I will always love you!

Your Cousin Erikka (KIKI) Hopkins
Adam Crumpler
2005-07-07
Dear Mr. Leftwich,
All the convoluted, pseudo-patriotic drivel that your pathetic fingers can type, will never assuage the guilt and condemnation you richly deserve. Your ill treatment of Adam and his dear sister and mother chills the heart of everyone who remembers your unworthy association with this hero. I hope to meet you someday to explain just how bitter the verbal and physical abuse you poured upon or fallen hero during his younger years, has left so many of us. No expressions of false contrition that you post here will change the opinion of those who know you. Rot in hell, you unworthy bastard.
Most sincerely,
Adam's loving Uncle David
Adam J Crumpler
2005-07-07
! Fidei defensor,Requiescat in pace

We watch in horror, as again the untamed hordes strike at our hearts. Today in London, those who would have our way of life extinguished, brutally murdered people just doing everyday people things. However,none can say that you did not commit your full measure of devotion to protect freedom. You contributed more in your short life than most will in a lifetime. You contributed everything...

B.L. Leftwich, Chesapeake Beach, MD
Adam J Crumpler
2005-07-06
It still seems so unreal that your truly gone! Your the first thing i think about when i wake up and the last thing im thinking of as i fall asleep. Your always on my mind and how i wish i had more time with you!You will always be missed by so many of us! All of our good memories of you is what keeps all of us going im sure! Im so proud of you hun! I LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER! Your cousin Kimberly
Adam
2005-07-06
The other night on the fourth of July people were all fireworks and all I could remember was me and you lying on the concrete by the Kanawha river a few years ago watching the fireworks and laughing about what big idots we were. You always made me laugh....Love Aunt Schrea
ADAM J CRUMPLER
2005-07-06
I didn't know you for long in this lifetime, but I am sure we will meet again. Until then, you will be missed by all of us. When Thanksgiving rolls around this year I will remember all the laughs we all shared with the "Turkey Neck". I love you, Adam. You will always be "A Special Angel" to all
of us.

Diana Albritton
LCpl. Adam Crumpler
2005-07-06
You are now happy in heaven with your mother - may God bless and watch over your Graandmother and Sister. They are in my prayers.
M. Vermilyea
adam crumpler
2005-07-05
my darling boy i miss you so much . my heart is broken into i will never be the same without you.take care of your mom, pops, and brooklyn jade .aaron is naming his boy in honorof you adam blair . you are mydarlingi love you forever .see you someday love your grammy.
Adam
2005-07-05
Adam - you are truly a great hero. You will be missed by so many for the beautiful friend that you were. You brightened so many lives and we all know that now you are in Heaven with your mom and your granpa watching over all of us and especially watching over your sister and your grandma who are needing you to do that now more than ever. Adam, we all love you. Our hearts go out to you and your family. God Bless you all.
Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler
2005-07-03
Dear Adam,
Thank you for your service to our country and the world. I am certain your grandfather is proud of you for fighting for a cause you believed in. May you rest in peace and my God comfort your family and friends in their loss of you. Reading some of the tributes here, it is clear you will be greatly missed by your loved ones.
God bless you. I am so sorry you were lost to this war.
Sincerely,
Mary
adam johnson crumpler
2005-07-03
Adam you are the love of my life and always will be. I know i'll see you again. Be standing at the gate with arms wide open for me to in again. i love you. You did an outstanding job for our country. We all love you. Take care of brooklyn for me. she's with you now. tell her i miss her, and that mommy loves her, and that we'll all be together again just the three of us.

KayBear
Kayla Canterbury
adam johnson crumpler
2005-07-03
Adam you are the love of my life and always will be. I know i'll see you again. Be standing at the gate with arms wide open for me to in again. i love you. You did an outstanding job for our country. We all love you. Take care of brooklyn for me. she's with you now. tell her i miss her, and that mommy loves her, and that we'll all be together again just the three of us.

KayBear
Kayla Canterbury
Adam J. Crumpler
2005-07-01
Just wanted to say that i work with Adam's aunt in Missouri. I didnt know him personally but I know her and work with her everyday.. She always told us stories about her family and her nephew. We felt like we knew him as well. It his us like a ton of bricks when we found out about Adam. We all thought the same thing... How sad. We are all truely sorry but just know that he is even remembered with people who didnt know him personally but shared his life through his aunt. WE are very proud of him for serving this country but deeply sad that things turned out the way it has. Today we read the clippings that she brought in and I have to say we shed some tears as well.. Had to walk way and read on my own. I am truely sorry. His aunt is a very nice person who is strong but it hurts my heart to see her eyes she is forever changed. Just know we care as well and we will keep his spirt alive. God bless you. C.White, Missouri.
Adam J. Crumpler
2005-06-30
Your are truly missed by all. I pray that you and your mother and grandfather have united in Heaven. You served your country and your family in a way that no one will ever understand. May you be as happy in Heaven as you were here on earth. GOD bless you Adam.
ADAM J. JOHNSON
2005-06-28
ADAM, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. YOU ARE OUR AMERICAN SOLDIER. I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN HEAVEN..LOVEYOUR COUSIN AND HER FAMILY..THE ELLIOTTS
prayers
2005-06-28
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM. GOD BLESS YOU.AN TOUR FAMILY. GODS PEACE TO YOU.
ADAM J. CRUMPLER
2005-06-28
SEMPER FI MY FELLOW WARRIOR, YOU WILL FOREVER BE MY LITTLE BROTHER NOT ONLY IN BLOOD BUT AS MY FELLOW MARINE. I ONLY WISH THAT I C OULD HAVE BEEN THERE BY YOURSIDE AND HAD THE HONOR TO HAVE FOUGHT WITH YOU.YOU ARE A TRUE HERO NOT ONLY IN THE EYES OF YOUR FAMILY BUT THE WORLD. OOH RAH..YOUR COUSIN BRADY KIRK
ADAM J CRUMPLER
2005-06-28
ADAM I WILL MISS U BECAUSE I REALLY LOOKED UP TO U. ILL WILL MISS WATCHING MOVIES WITH U AND PLAYING MORTAL KOMBAT .YOUR COUSIN (SHADOW) JARRETT
Adam Crumpler
2005-06-28
My dearest cousin Adam, even though your life was so short you will always be remembered and missed.Not a day will go by that i dont think about you and miss you.You are our HERO!I love you SO much!Your little Cousin-Kimbarbie
Lance Cpl Adam J. Crumpler
2005-06-28
Adam I love you and miss you. Thank you for fighting for our country because that's what you wanted to do. Now you can be at peace with your mom, PawPaw and Uncle Tim. One of these days I will be walking up there on the streets of Gold with you. Love always, Amanda, Geoff and Anthony Lunt (Deltona, FL.)
My Boy Crump
2005-06-28
It seems as though I will wake up and my phone will ring and it will be you calling to say... hey im home lets hang out.. It didnt really hit me until the funeral than I lost it. I will miss you greatly bro.. im sorry your life was so short but im sure you've been reunited with your beloved grandfather and mother that you have waited so long to see.. god bless emma and hope and kimberli and shanna. please feel free to call day or night if you need ANYTHING at all.. your all in my prayers..

Love Chadd
L/cpl Crumpler
2005-06-27
Semper-Fi my little Brother. You have walked this earth with meaning and valor....You have Battled the Evil that tries to encompass all that is good...and gave all in that same respect. May our LORD open wide the gate For another MARINE.
for we are few among many, who stand tall till the end. But we are many among few...who pass with HONOR to meet again.

I could only hope that all my fallen brethren were remembered in that was fitting. And not here ...for this is one of the many places that houses the same that has caused so many to fall.


SEMPER-FI.........OOH-RAH....OOH-RAH!!!

GUNNY
Adam Crumpler
2005-06-27
There are no words that I can say to comfort your loving family. Just recognition of a mighty fine brave young man who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country, a hero!

They Don't Wear Purple Hearts In Heaven

I lost my brother to a foreign land;
I was too young to even understand
There was a knock at the front door,
then Momma wasn't smiling anymore.
The man at the door was a Marine;
the first I've ever seen.
Momma told me to go out and play,
then the preacher came
and they started to pray.

Tears ran down Momma's eyes,
and I heard her say, "Why, Lord, Why"?
Father stood there seemingly mindless,
all he said was, "We've lost another of
America's finest."

The Marine handed Momma a small velvet case,
inside was a Purple Ribbon, attached to a
gold heart with Washington's face.
I asked Momma if it were mine,
but she said, "It's your brother's, Sunshine."
"Momma can we send it to Kevin?"
She answered, "They don't wear Purple Hearts in Heaven."

...Author unknown
ADAM J. CRUMPLER
2005-06-27
MY DARLING GRANDSON I WILL MISS YOU .YOU WERE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE . THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE COMING HOME TO ME . I WILL KEEP YOU IN MY HEART FOREVER YOU ARE WITH YOUR MOM AND POPS NOW LOVE GRAMMY.
ADAM J CRUMPLER
2005-06-27
I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT YOUR GONE. I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULDNT BE COMING HOME. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! YOUR COUSIN SHANNA
ADAM J. CRUMPLER
2005-06-27
MY DEAREST ADAM, YOU WILL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART. YOU WERE A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT WAS PUT OUT WAY TO SOON. I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER MY BEAUTIFUL LOVING NEPHEW. YOU WILL BE A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT A TRUE AMERICAN HERO IS. LOVE FOREVER YOOUR AUNT,JOETTA
Adam Crumpler
2005-06-25
You paid dearly to secure this country, you paid it with your life. Thank You!! And may your family have the blessings of many, to give them strength.