U.S. Marine veteran Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, center, carries the ashes of his dog, Cena, with John North during a funeral service for the 10-year-old military service dog at the Michigan War Dog Memorial in South Lyon, Mich., on Saturday.
U.S. Marine veteran Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, center, carries the ashes of his dog, Cena, with John North during a funeral service for the 10-year-old military service dog at the Michigan War Dog Memorial in South Lyon, Mich., on Saturday. Hunter Dyke Ann Arbor News
U.S. Marine veteran Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, center, carries the ashes of his dog, Cena, with John North during a funeral service for the 10-year-old military service dog at the Michigan War Dog Memorial in South Lyon, Mich., on Saturday. Hunter Dyke Ann Arbor News

Military News

Marine dog combat vet honored at burial

Associated Press

August 26, 2017 09:41 PM

A memorial service for a cancer-stricken service dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the Marines drew a crowd of a couple of hundred in Lyon Township, Mich., on Saturday.

Cena, a 10-year-old black lab, was interred with other military service dogs, the Detroit News and MLive.com reported.

State Sen. Mike Kowall says Cena “has done a fabulous job” and now “is welcomed home.”

The dog was a bomb-sniffer for the Marines until retiring in 2014. Cena became a service dog for Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, the dog’s first wartime partner. He organized a celebration last month in Muskegon that drew hundreds before Cena was euthanized

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