{"id":32552,"date":"2023-09-01T20:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/01\/corporal-killed-in-australia-osprey-crash-loved-being-a-marine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:50:55","slug":"corporal-killed-in-australia-osprey-crash-loved-being-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/09\/01\/corporal-killed-in-australia-osprey-crash-loved-being-a-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporal killed in Australia Osprey crash loved being a Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a little kid, Spencer Collart would sometimes break into \u201ca wild dance\u201d and patter his feet all over the room, his father, Bart, recalled. His younger sister would call it his \u201cHappy Feet\u201d dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a young man, Spencer Collart became a Marine with a sometimes-tough exterior, but he never lost his goofy side, his family told Marine Corps Times on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collart, a corporal, was one of three Marines who lost their lives after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/08\/28\/3-marines-who-died-in-osprey-crash-in-australia-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\"> their MV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Darwin, Australia,<\/a> on Sunday. Three more were badly injured, with one in critical condition as of Tuesday, according to the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/08\/27\/at-least-3-marines-killed-more-injured-in-osprey-crash-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">cause of the crash<\/a> is under investigation, the Marine Corps said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/08\/28\/3-marines-who-died-in-osprey-crash-in-australia-identified\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Osprey-Aussie.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">3 Marines who died in Osprey crash in Australia identified<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Of the 20 other Marines who were in the Osprey when it crashed, three remain hospitalized.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collart\u2019s family members said they are devasted by his loss. They\u2019re also deeply proud of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all feel Spencer\u2019s presence with us, which is really comforting,\u201d Bart Collart said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be too sad, because he\u2019s here in a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd also, we know he was happy,\u201d Alexia Collart, Spencer\u2019s mother, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A native of Arlington, Virginia, Spencer Collart was precocious, reading the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d books at age 4, according to his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a student first at Arlington Tech and later at Washington-Liberty High School, where he played lacrosse, he could be a bit of a rebel, his parents said: He was smart, and didn\u2019t like to do busy work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He signed up for the Marine Corps the day after he turned 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spencer Collart adored animals, including the family hamster, Fluffernutter, who died in March 2020 shortly after the family\u2019s house burned down, and dog, Stella, who was put down a week before the Marine\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He loved bodysurfing. He loved the complex video game Dota 2. He loved the changing seasons, and while he was stationed on Hawaii he missed the cold of northern Virginia. He loved his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he loved \u201cevery minute\u201d of his training as a Marine, his father said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collart served in Pensacola, Florida, and Jacksonville, North Carolina, before coming to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, according to the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His best friend was another Marine who worked on Ospreys, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2022\/06\/11\/5-marines-killed-in-california-osprey-crash-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lance Cpl. Evan Strickland<\/a>, according to Bart Collart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/06\/11\/5-marines-killed-in-california-osprey-crash-identified\/\">Strickland died at 19<\/a> in a June 2022 Osprey crash that killed four other Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat really broke him up,\u201d Bart Collart said of his son\u2019s reaction to Strickland\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Marine Corps investigation released in July determined that the Osprey carrying Strickland and the four others had crashed because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/07\/21\/clutch-problem-in-osprey-led-to-death-of-5-marines-in-2022-corps-says\/\">a problem with the aircraft\u2019s clutch<\/a>. The Osprey\u2019s joint program office said when the investigation was released that it had decreased the probability of a similar issue occurring by 99%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary, said Tuesday that it was too early to tell whether the clutch problem caused the crash Sunday that killed Collart and two other Marines, and that the Defense Department still has confidence in the Osprey at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the tragic loss of his friend Strickland, Collart loved being an Osprey crew chief, according to his parents. He told his parents he wanted to go to college one day, earn his commission and become a pilot. He planned to start a family one day and eventually move back to his hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While deployed to Darwin, Australia, with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, Collart enjoyed working with the Australian troops, his parents said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week before his death, he participated in an airshow in Pacific Airshow Gold Coast, where he agreed to take a photo with a little boy, according to Alexia Collart. A parent of the boy recently told Alexia Collart that getting a photo with the Marine in his flight suit \u201cabsolutely made his day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spencer Collart deeply respected Capt. Eleanor V. LeBeau, 29, and Maj. Tobin J. Lewis, 37, pilots who both died in the crash, Alexia Collart said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Corps Times attempted to reach via email the families of LeBeau and Lewis but didn\u2019t hear back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bart Collart said his family\u2019s hearts go out to LeBeau and Lewis and to those who were injured. He said he has heard from several survivors of the crash that the three Marines who died were at the front of the Osprey and took quick action to protect the lives of the other 20 aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a way, there\u2019s a little comfort knowing he was with these pilots, because they were so experienced and caring,\u201d Alexia Collart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their son\u2019s remains will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in his home city, according to Bart Collart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gwyneth Collart, Spencer Collart\u2019s sister, described her brother as inspirational, an example of someone who worked hard for what he wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw him evolve from the no-shoe-wearing, strawberry-acai-Starbucks-drink-drinking, 7-11-taquito-eating guy to this really standup gentleman in the Marines,\u201d the sister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was in tune with her older brother from her earliest days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Gwyneth Collart was an infant who could speak only in baby talk that even her parents couldn\u2019t understand, Spencer Collart would translate, Bart Collart recalled. The little boy perfectly understood his sister, who would nod her head yes with her thumb in her mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As young adults, the siblings bonded over a shared appreciation for music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the days after her brother\u2019s death, Gwyneth Collart turned on the car radio, something she said she almost never does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of her brother\u2019s favorite songs \u2014 \u201cAfrica\u201d by Toto and \u201cDie For You\u201d by the Weeknd \u2014 came on the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that if he were to speak to me through anything, it would be music,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cpl. 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