MSG HERBERT R. CLAUNCH
217th Military Police Company

Army Master Sgt. Herbert R. Claunch, Age 58, of Wetumpka, Alabama;
Assigned to 217th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, Prattville, Alabama;
Died April 18, 2004 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after collapsing on the floor in his quarters.
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Heart attack claims Alabama Guardsman at Guantanamo
The Ledger-Enquirer
Associated Press
(http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/8485714.htm)

WETUMPKA, Ala. - An Alabama National Guard master sergeant died from a heart attack while serving on active duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Master Sgt. Herbert R. Claunch, 58, of Wetumpka died Sunday after collapsing on the floor in his quarters, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.

"The last thing he said to me was, 'I love you,' and that was so important to me," Sherra Claunch said of her last phone call with her husband.

Claunch was assigned to the Army National Guard, 217th Military Police Company at Prattville.

An investigation into his death was incomplete Wednesday.

Claunch was born Sept. 11, 1945, a coincidence not lost on family and friends who said he lived to serve his country.

"He died doing what he loved best," his wife said.

Claunch worked for Frontier Yards as a manager in Wetumpka.



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