CPL Keaton G. Coffey, 22, died on May 24, 2012 while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, his dog, Denny, survived. He was from Boring, Oregon. Keaton enlisted in the USMC in August of 2008. CPL Keaton G. Coffey was on his second tour of duty. He was assigned to 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st Marine Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, where he was a working dog handler out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. On Nov. 19, 2011, Keaton proposed to his best friend and soul mate, Brittany Dygert. They were planning to be married on July 14, 2012. A bagpipe played Amazing Grace at his funeral on 6/4/12. and his service was with full military honors rendered by the U.S. Marine Corps at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. The charities selected by the family are: the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen, the United States War Dogs Association, the Wounded Warrior Project or to the Keaton Coffey Scholarship Fund at Damascus Christian School.
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