Pyeatt, Lucas T.

Lucas T. Pyeatt

West Chester, Ohio

Feather Location: Row J, #07

Arlington Cemetery.net

…“I don’t know if he ever believed there was anything he couldn’t do if he tried his best,” said Cathy Clore, who led Pyeatt’s Cub Scout den when he was nine years old.

He spent three months in language training in preparation of being sent to Russia as an LDS missionary. But he was sent home from Russia when severe pain developed in an ankle because of a weakening of the bone. The ankle problem later hampered him in Marine boot camp. But because of his Russian language skills, he was assigned to become a linguist.  “He could have taken a medical discharge from the Marines,” said Paul Tammen, a retired Marine and a friend of the Pyeatts who spoke at the service. “He could have quit, but he didn’t.”

After the service, Marine Corporal Scott Marlin talked about his friendship with Pyeatt. Marlin was among a number of Marines who came from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where Pyeatt’s battalion is based, to attend the memorial service.  “He was really a great guy, compassionate beyond belief,” Marlin said. “If you had a problem, he would help you with it, regardless of what it was.”

Near the end of her eulogy, Clore addressed her former Cub Scout.  “You will always be with us,” she said. “We have our memories of you and our love for you which can never be taken from us.”

Carver:  Larry Spaun carves with the Carvers Den in Bellevue Ohio.

Wood:  Basswood