The Department of Defense announced on 19 Feb 2006 the death of eight
Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. All eight died
Feb. 17, when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the
vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training
mission in the Godoria Range area.
The Marines and two airmen were deployed to
Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
The Marines were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464,
Marine Air
Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
New River,
N.C.
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1st Lt. Brandon R.
Dronet, USMC
1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet, 33, of Erath, La.
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Sgt. James F.
Fordyce, USMC
Sgt. James F. Fordyce, 22, of Newton Square, Pa.
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Lance Cpl. Samuel W.
Large, USMC
Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large, Jr., 21, of Villa Rica, Ga.
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Sgt. Donnie Leo F.
Levens, USMC
Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Miss.
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Cpl. Matthieu
Marcellus, USMC
Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus, 31, of Gainesville, Fla.
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Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, USMC
Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.
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Lance Cpl. Nicholas J.
Sovie, USMC
Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie, 20, of Ogdensburg, N.Y.
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Capt. Bryan D.
Willard, USMC
Capt. Bryan D. Willard, 33, of Hummelstown, Pa.
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