A funeral service and burial
for Army Col. Theodore S.
Westhusing, who died of noncombat injuries June 5 in
Iraq, will be held Wednesday
at the U.S. Military Academy
in West Point, N.Y., his
brother, Tim Westhusing of
Tulsa, said Monday.
An Army spokesman said
the colonel's death is under
investigation.
The married father of three
children was stationed in
Baghdad after having gone to
Iraq late last year, the family
said.
The funeral service is
scheduled for 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the Most Holy
Trinity Chapel at West Point
followed by a graveside service.
Westhusing's family said he
volunteered for service in
Iraq, where he was helping
train the Iraqi army and
working in a counterterrorism
and special operations unit.
He previously had been on
the senior faculty at West
Point.
Westhusing, 44, a 1979
graduate of Jenks High
School, is the highest ranking
officer to have died in Iraq,
the Army said.
The son of Terry Clark of
Tulsa and James Keith Westhusing of Laramie, Wyo., he
graduated from West Point in
1983.
The colonel's wife, Michelle
Westhusing; daughter, Sarah;
and two sons, Aaron and Anthony, live in West Point.
Other survivors include his
brothers, Tim Westhusing of
Tulsa and Tom Westhusing
and Thad Westhusing, both
of Seattle; and two sisters,
Kathleen Foster of Oklahoma
City and Kara Westhusing of
Seattle.
Westhusing was born in
Dallas and attended junior
high school and high school
in the Tulsa
area.
He was a Merit Scholar at
Jenks High School and an
honor graduate at West Point.
