Marine Forces Reserve

July 14, 2017

Marines, Sailor killed in KC-130T crash identified

It is with great regret that the Marine Corps announces the names of those who perished in the KC-
130T Hercules crash in Mississippi on July 10.

Full name: Caine M. Goyette

Pay entry base date: Dec. 5, 1994
Rank and date of rank: Major/Nov. 1, 2012
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 7557, KC-130 Aircraft Commander
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom, September 2005
Special Purpose MAGTF-12, Dec. 2011 to April 2012; SPMAGTF-12, June 2012 to July 2012; Operation
Enduring Freedom 14.1 Transition, June 2014
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
(3), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4), Global War
on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Marine Corps Recruiting Ribbon, Humanitarian Service Medal (2),
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2), Selected Marine Corps
Reserve Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Letter of
Appreciation, Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award)
Full name: Sean E. Elliott
Pay entry base date: May 4, 2009
Rank and date of rank: Captain/Oct. 1, 2013
Home of record: Orange, California
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 7557, KC-130 Aircraft Commander
Deployment dates and locations: WesPac16, August 2016 to February 2017
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal,
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2), Korean Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal National Defense Service Medal,
Letter of Appreciation (2)

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Full name: Mark A. Hopkins
Pay entry base date: Sept. 4, 2001
Rank and date of rank: Gunnery Sergeant/May 1, 2014
Home of record: Chesapeake, Virginia
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 7372, Tactical Systems Operator/Mission Specialist
Deployment dates and locations: Contingency Operations ISO JTF -536/Humanitarian Mission,
January 2005; Operation Enduring Freedom, August 2005 to September 2005; Operation Enduring
Freedom 141, May to June 2014; Operation Enduring Freedom 142, July to August 2001
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal,
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2), Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (5); Global War on
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4); Humanitarian Service Medal (4);
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Navy Meritorious Unit
Commendation; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Letter of Appreciation; Certificate of Appreciation

Full name: Brendan C. Johnson

Pay entry base date: Sept. 26, 1994
Rank and date of rank: Gunnery Sergeant/April 1, 2010
Home of record: Chittenden, Vermont
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom Southwest Asia, July 2002 to
November 2002; Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom Southwest Asia, May 2003 to July 2003
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Reserve
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(3); Air Medal-Strike/Flight; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (4); Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2);
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (3); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2); Iraq Campaign Medal;
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National
Defense Service Medal (2); Armed Forces Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3); Navy
Meritorious Unit Commendation (2); Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award); Letter of
Appreciation (5)

Full name: Joshua M. Snowden

Pay entry base date: July 19, 2004
Rank and date of rank: Staff Sergeant/July 10, 2017
Home of record: Dallas, Texas
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom 14.1 Transition, June 2014;
Operation Enduring Freedom 14.2 Transition, July 2014 to August 2014; Special Purpose MAGTF,
October 2014 to January 2015
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Reserve
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal,
Air Medal-Strike/Flight, Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal, Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (3), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National
Defense Service Medal, Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award); Letter of Appreciation (2)

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Full name: Julian M. Kevianne
Pay entry base date: Dec. 1, 2009
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/April 1, 2015
Home of record: Dallas, Texas
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom 12.2, November 2012 to March
2013
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Reserve
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (2); Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Armed Forces Reserve
Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Letter of Appreciation
(6); Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award)

Full name: Owen J. Lennon

Pay entry base date: Oct. 12, 2010
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Jan. 1, 2015
Home of record: Rockland, New York
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom 12.2, November 2012 to March
2013
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Reserve
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(2), Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (1); Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal; Sea Service
Deployment Ribbon; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service
Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Certificate of Commendation
(Individual Award); Meritorious Mast (2); Letter of Appreciation (3); Certificate of Appreciation

Full name: Daniel I. Baldassare

Pay entry base date: Sept. 14, 2015
Rank and date of rank: Corporal/June 1, 2017
Home of record: Monmouth, New Jersey
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: None
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Global War on Terrorism Service Medal;
National Defense Service Medal

Full name: Collin J. Schaaff

Pay entry base date: Aug. 26, 2013
Rank and date of rank: Corporal/Dec. 1, 2015
Home of record: Pierce, Washington
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6531, Aircraft Ordnance Technician
Deployment dates and locations: None
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty

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Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; Global
War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Letter of Appreciation (2);
Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award)

Full name: Robert H. Cox

Pay entry base date: July 23, 2007
Rank and date of rank: Staff Sergeant/Oct. 1, 2016
Home of record: Ventura, California
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Iraqi Freedom 9.1, March 2009 to June 2009;
Operation Iraqi Freedom 9.2, July 2009 to January 2010; Operation Enduring Freedom, May 2011 to
December 2011; Operation Inherent Resolve, January 2016 to July 2016
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(2); Combat Action Ribbon; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (1); Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal;
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (3); Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2); Armed Forces Reserve Medal
(2); Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal;
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation; Navy Unit Commendation Medal; NATO Medal-ISAF
Afghanistan; Letter of Appreciation

Full name: William J. Kundrat

Pay entry base date: July 30, 2002
Rank and date of rank: Staff Sergeant/Jan. 1, 2011
Home of record: Frederick, Maryland
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom, March
2003 to June 2003; Operation Iraqi Freedom 4-6, September 2005 to February 2006; Operation Iraqi
Freedom 5-7, February 2006 to April 2006; Deployed to Senegal, April 2010 to May 2010; Operation
Inherent Resolve, December 2015 to June 2016
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Combat
Action Ribbon; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4); Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (4);
Afghanistan Campaign Medal (3); Iraq Campaign Medal (5); Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Joint Meritorious
Unit Award; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2); Navy Unit Commendation Medal; Presidential
Unit Citation-Navy; NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan; Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award)
(2)

Full name: Chad E. Jenson

Pay entry base date: Sept. 13, 2010
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Oct. 1, 2014
Home of record: Los Angeles, California
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: None
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; Global
War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Navy Meritorious Unit

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Commendation; Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award) (2); Letter of Appreciation (3);
Meritorious Mast (2)

Full name: Talon R. Leach

Pay entry base date: Jan. 5, 2010
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Sept. 1, 2013
Home of record: Callaway, Missouri
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Inherent Resolve, December 2015 to July 2016
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal;
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon; Marine Corps Good
Conduct Medal (2); Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Navy
Meritorious Unit Commendation; Certificate of
Appreciation (3)

Full name: Joseph J. Murray

Pay entry base date: Aug. 31, 2009
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Aug. 1, 2014
Home of record: Duval, Florida
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom, September 2010 to March 2011;
Operation Enduring Freedom, January 2012 to July 2012
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(3); Combat Action Ribbon; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (2); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
(2); Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2); Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense
Service Medal; Navy Unit Commendation; NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan; Certificate of
Commendation (Individual Award); Meritorious Mast

Full name: Dietrich A. Schmieman

Pay entry base date: Sept. 20, 2010
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Jan. 1, 2014
Home of record: Benton, Washington
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom, September 2010 to March 2011;
Operation Enduring Freedom, January 2012 to July 2012
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(2); Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (2); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (3); Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation;
Certificate of Appreciation; Letter of Appreciation (3)

Full name: Ryan M. Lohrey

Pay entry base date: Sept. 26, 2007
Rank and date of rank: Petty Officer 2nd Class/ Dec. 16, 2012
Home of record: Middletown, IN
Present Duty Station: 2d Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC

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Military Occupational Specialty: Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2010 to May 2011;
Operation Inherent Resolve, July 2016 to January 2017.
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Purple Heart; Combat Action Ribbon (2); Good
Conduct Medal (3); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2); Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Inherent
Resolve Campaign Medal; NATO Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense
Service Medal; Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon; Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon

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