He was one of seven Marines who died in a collision of two helicopters, a AH-1W Cobra and a UH-1Y Huey, during a training exercise along the California-Arizona border. He was training for deployment to Afghanistan, which would have been his fourth deployment.
Interment on November 5, 2012.
Also killed were,
Maj Nathan William Anderson USMC
LtCol Thomas Andrew Budrejko USMC
LCpl Nickoulas Howard Elliott USMC
LCpl Corey Allen Little USMC
Capt Michael Morley Quin USMC
Capt. Benjamin Nathaniel Cerniglia USMC
He was one of seven Marines who died in a collision of two helicopters, a AH-1W Cobra and a UH-1Y Huey, during a training exercise along the California-Arizona border. He was training for deployment to Afghanistan, which would have been his fourth deployment.
Interment on November 5, 2012.
Also killed were,
Maj Nathan William Anderson USMC
LtCol Thomas Andrew Budrejko USMC
LCpl Nickoulas Howard Elliott USMC
LCpl Corey Allen Little USMC
Capt Michael Morley Quin USMC
Capt. Benjamin Nathaniel Cerniglia USMC