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Sgt Thomas Rudolph (Rudy/Black Cloud)
to remember
Marine LCpl Kenneth Wyeman Saunders, Jr. (Beau).
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Contact Info
Home Town Miami
Last Address Hawthorne, Florida
Date of Passing Nov 05, 1992
Location of Interment Hawthorne Cemetery - Hawthorne, Florida
LCpl. Saunders enlisted in the Marine Corps on 24 August 1990.
He was one of five men lost in the crash of his CH-53E (# 163064) "Super Statllion" during night operations 37 miles east of the coast of the Canary Islands, North Atlantic. The aircraft flew off the U.S.S. Guam (LPH-9).
Crewing a CH-53E helicopter while attached to HMM-261, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Crew:
1st Lt. Mark Gruber, co-pilot (remains recovered)
Capt. Jeffrey Wright, pilot (missing)
SSgt. Dennis R. Dwyer, crew chief (missing)
LCpl. Scott P. Paul (missing)
LCpl. Kenneth W. Saunders Jr., crew chief (missing)
Other Comments:
Nov 4, 1992 Lcpl Saunders was killed when the CH-53E that he was crewing went down off of the coast of the Canary Islands.
Bo you were a good friend and a great Marine. You will always be missed. Semper Fi
