Marine dies in sleep months after Iraq blast

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http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/16/bachus.ART_ART_03-16-08_B1_9F9LJ08.html?sid=101

Sunday, March 16, 2008 3:33 AM
By Jeb Phillips

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

A bomb or a rocket-propelled grenade exploded underneath Marine Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Scott Bachus' Humvee near the end of his second tour in Iraq.

The explosion gave Bachus a concussion, and he lost much of his hearing. He came home from that tour last March. Looking back, it might have been the beginning of the end, his family said.

Bachus died in his sleep Monday at Camp Lejeune, N.C., at age 38. He was working as an artillery instructor, even with the loss of hearing. He would have gone back to Iraq if he had been asked.

"He was a Marine to the bone," said Jerry Bachus Jr., his older brother, who served in the Army Reserve. "I have never met anyone in the military service who had more of a commitment."

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1. So sad.

:cry:

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2. I'll remember you Christopher Bachus.