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TTroy, who served side-by-side with U.S. Marine Cpl. Derrick Magee on the Afghanistan front line, has died. He was 11. After his body was found unresponsive, TTroy was wrapped in an American flag. His body was given a police escort by Derrick Magee’s brother, Vineland K9 Officer Robert Magee, to the Cumberland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which arranged a cremation for TTroy . Lackland Air Force Base, located in San Antonio, Texas. The double consonant first name signifies that both TTroy’s parents were working military dogs. TTroy, an explosion detection dog, served with Magee for a nine-month deployment. When Magee separated from the Marines in the September 2012, TTroy remained in service until his retirement in April 2014. With TTroy’s future uncertain, Magee flew out to California to bring his partner home to Vineland to enjoy some much earned R and R — rest and rawhide. It didn’t take the russet-colored Belgian Malinois long to adjust to his new civilian role as a family pet. When Magee, now a Vineland Police officer, moved out, TTroy remained with is “grandfather,” retired Vineland K9 Officer John Magee, who admittedly spoiled the canine veteran. On Wednesday, John Magee, now a Vineland High School security guard, came home from work, and TTroy, was in the living room. Magee recalled hearing the screen door open and close but thought that was his daughter, Courtney Magee. About 20 minutes later, his daughter came downstairs and asked where TTroy was and that’s when Magee realized the dog was missing. TTroy never left the house on his own. “No, never,” Magee said. A search ensued. Magee rode around the neighborhood in his car. Courtney Magee found TTroy lying under a bush across the street from his home. The cause of death remains a mystery.
