Via email today through the squadron site of HMM-363 the following was received:

From: Alfonso Gonzales alatscenichills@satx.rr.com
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Subject: HMM-363 website photo_0
To: hmm363.luckyredlions@gmail.com

We regret to inform you that Lt. Col. Thomas Carl Rauwald, U.S.M.C. Retired, passed away of an apparent stroke on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 in Mt. Vernon, MO. on his way to a Packer’s Football Game.