Jason Dominguez remembers vividly his last conversation with David Kreuter, as they were doing an overnight security watch from a rooftop in western Iraq. Dominguez and Sgt. Kreuter usually joked around, but this night 15 years ago was different. “Wow, you're a father!” Dominguez exclaimed.
1 / 6US-Marine Bombing-15 YearsFILE—This file photo from Aug. 6, 2005, shows U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Brian Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio, from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment as he exits after searching a school, in Parwana, near Haditha, Iraq. Days before, a nearby roadside bomb killed 14 Marines, many from this platoon, and a civilian interpreter on August 3, 2005.
The next day, Aug. 3, Kreuter was among 15 people killed by a roadside bomb near the town of Hiditha. Eleven of them were Lima Company Marines. “When it blew, it shook everything,” he said. “I remember looking back and it flipped it and split it in a way that with all the dust and everything, the shape looked normal. I looked at my buddy and said ‘Thank God, they missed.’"Story continues“You saw the orange ball of fire and you just knew,” Dominguez said.
Ken Kreuter said they've raised more than $125,000 through the tournament that grew out of an annual pancake breakfast in David's honor. They award $1,000 scholarships to Cincinnati-area students.
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