He was a Marine military-police dog handler and was severely injured while working with his dog, Fenji, a German shepherd, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan when an IED exploded. He had both his legs amputated above the knees and his right arm amputated below the elbow. He was taken to the U.S. and died later. Max Donahue had served in Iraq, and when he was assigned to go to Afghanistan, he explained to his mother why he wanted to go. "There's not a lot of guys who can do what I can do, and my buddies need me there."
He was the kind of person who always took care of other people. When an elderly man's credit card wouldn't go through at a gas station, Donahue and a brother paid the bill for him. One day he did yard work for a woman whose husband had just died and on the way home helped a woman whose car broke down.
Max Donahue was assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He had served with the U.S. Marine Corps for more than four years.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his father, Greg; stepfather, Chad Schrock; brother, Ryan; sister-in-law, Devan; and stepbrothers Taylor and Jordan Schrock.
Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Max Donahue is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen
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