A building at the Crane Base in Martin County will be named in honor of a Dubois County soldier killed in action in 2012.
Lance Corporal Alec Terwiske died September 3rd that year when an improvised explosive device went off while he was serving in Afganistan. He was a 2010 graduate of Northeast Dubois High School and enlisted in the Marines that year.
In 2017, US Senator Todd Young of Indiana wrote a letter to the Navy requesting a building at Crane be renamed in Lance Corporal Terwiske’s honor. Senator Young has remained close with Lance Corporal Terwiske’s mother, Sandy Terwiske, since 2012, when she gave him a bracelet honoring her son. Earlier this year, Senator Young shared the bracelet with President Donald Trump at the conclusion of his State of the Union address.
A building dedication is scheduled for this Friday at the Crane Visitor’s Center.
