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Identification Of Marines Killed in CH-46 Crash

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 135-03 (703)697-5131(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2003 (703)428-0711(public/industry)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDENTIFIES MARINES KILLED IN CH-46 CRASH

The Department of Defense announced today the identities of four U.S. Marines killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash on March 20 in Kuwait. Killed were:

Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine

Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill.

Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas

Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md.

Aubin was assigned to the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron - 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Beaupre, Kennedy and Watersbey were assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron - 268, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif.

ENDS

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