Terry D. Crouch 9/29/49 to 9/21/72 Firefighter Crouch died from burns he received on 9/7/72 at Holderman and Sons fire on Richmond St.
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Firefighter Terry Crouch
Elkhart Fire Department
Last Call: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Date of Incident: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Cause of Death: Explosion (Accidental)
Time in Service: 9 years
Age: Not available
Survivors: Not available
Incident
In 1972, a pole alarm was pulled at Richmond Street and Virginia Avenue. A fire had broken out at Holdeman's Supplies and the smoke could be seen for miles. Multiple attempts had been made to steal fuel from a gas tank on the property and a blaze ignited underneath. Three firefighters jumped off the truck and began putting water on the fire while the engineer drove a few yards down to keep the engine at a safe distance.
As he drove away, the tank exploded. Some of the men fled up a nearby hill. Others caught fire and tried to extinguish the flames that engulfed their bodies. Eight of the 11 firefighters present that day were severely burned. Two, then-Chief Gerald Freed and Terry Crouch, died from their injuries.
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THE ELKHART TRUTH:
Name: Crouch, Terry D.
Obituary Date: September 22, 1972
Location: Page 1
Date of Death: September 21, 1972
Date of Birth: September 29, 1950
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"United States Social Security Death Index," Terry Crouch, 1972
first name: Terry
middle name:
last name: Crouch
name suffix:
birth date:
place of issuance: Indiana
last residence:
zip code of last residence:
death date: September 1972
estimated age at death:
Source Citation
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPPP-RPD : accessed 24 July 2012), Terry Crouch, 1972.
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Firefighter Terry Crouch
Elkhart Fire Department
Last Call: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Date of Incident: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Cause of Death: Explosion (Accidental)
Time in Service: 9 years
Age: Not available
Survivors: Not available
Incident
In 1972, a pole alarm was pulled at Richmond Street and Virginia Avenue. A fire had broken out at Holdeman's Supplies and the smoke could be seen for miles. Multiple attempts had been made to steal fuel from a gas tank on the property and a blaze ignited underneath. Three firefighters jumped off the truck and began putting water on the fire while the engineer drove a few yards down to keep the engine at a safe distance.
As he drove away, the tank exploded. Some of the men fled up a nearby hill. Others caught fire and tried to extinguish the flames that engulfed their bodies. Eight of the 11 firefighters present that day were severely burned. Two, then-Chief Gerald Freed and Terry Crouch, died from their injuries.
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THE ELKHART TRUTH:
Name: Crouch, Terry D.
Obituary Date: September 22, 1972
Location: Page 1
Date of Death: September 21, 1972
Date of Birth: September 29, 1950
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"United States Social Security Death Index," Terry Crouch, 1972
first name: Terry
middle name:
last name: Crouch
name suffix:
birth date:
place of issuance: Indiana
last residence:
zip code of last residence:
death date: September 1972
estimated age at death:
Source Citation
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPPP-RPD : accessed 24 July 2012), Terry Crouch, 1972.
Terry D. Crouch 9/29/49 to 9/21/72 Firefighter Crouch died from burns he received on 9/7/72 at Holderman and Sons fire on Richmond St.
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Firefighter Terry Crouch
Elkhart Fire Department
Last Call: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Date of Incident: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Cause of Death: Explosion (Accidental)
Time in Service: 9 years
Age: Not available
Survivors: Not available
Incident
In 1972, a pole alarm was pulled at Richmond Street and Virginia Avenue. A fire had broken out at Holdeman's Supplies and the smoke could be seen for miles. Multiple attempts had been made to steal fuel from a gas tank on the property and a blaze ignited underneath. Three firefighters jumped off the truck and began putting water on the fire while the engineer drove a few yards down to keep the engine at a safe distance.
As he drove away, the tank exploded. Some of the men fled up a nearby hill. Others caught fire and tried to extinguish the flames that engulfed their bodies. Eight of the 11 firefighters present that day were severely burned. Two, then-Chief Gerald Freed and Terry Crouch, died from their injuries.
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THE ELKHART TRUTH:
Name: Crouch, Terry D.
Obituary Date: September 22, 1972
Location: Page 1
Date of Death: September 21, 1972
Date of Birth: September 29, 1950
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"United States Social Security Death Index," Terry Crouch, 1972
first name: Terry
middle name:
last name: Crouch
name suffix:
birth date:
place of issuance: Indiana
last residence:
zip code of last residence:
death date: September 1972
estimated age at death:
Source Citation
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPPP-RPD : accessed 24 July 2012), Terry Crouch, 1972.
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Firefighter Terry Crouch
Elkhart Fire Department
Last Call: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Date of Incident: Thursday, September 21, 1972
Cause of Death: Explosion (Accidental)
Time in Service: 9 years
Age: Not available
Survivors: Not available
Incident
In 1972, a pole alarm was pulled at Richmond Street and Virginia Avenue. A fire had broken out at Holdeman's Supplies and the smoke could be seen for miles. Multiple attempts had been made to steal fuel from a gas tank on the property and a blaze ignited underneath. Three firefighters jumped off the truck and began putting water on the fire while the engineer drove a few yards down to keep the engine at a safe distance.
As he drove away, the tank exploded. Some of the men fled up a nearby hill. Others caught fire and tried to extinguish the flames that engulfed their bodies. Eight of the 11 firefighters present that day were severely burned. Two, then-Chief Gerald Freed and Terry Crouch, died from their injuries.
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THE ELKHART TRUTH:
Name: Crouch, Terry D.
Obituary Date: September 22, 1972
Location: Page 1
Date of Death: September 21, 1972
Date of Birth: September 29, 1950
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"United States Social Security Death Index," Terry Crouch, 1972
first name: Terry
middle name:
last name: Crouch
name suffix:
birth date:
place of issuance: Indiana
last residence:
zip code of last residence:
death date: September 1972
estimated age at death:
Source Citation
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPPP-RPD : accessed 24 July 2012), Terry Crouch, 1972.
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