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Donnie Leo F. Levens

Donnie Leo F. Levens

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Name: Marine Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens

Age: 25

From: Long Beach, Miss.

Assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, New River, N.C. deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

Incident: Marine Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens was killed 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. Also

Died: February 17, 2006

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Bush honors fallen Marine's family at Miss. graduation

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

President Bush singled out graduating family members of a fallen Marine today during a commencement address in Biloxi, Miss., on May 11. He then met with families of troops killed in the war on terror to thank them for their sacrifice.

Traveling to Mississippi for graduation ceremonies at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, which was pummeled during Hurricane Katrina, Bush took time to praise the mother and brother of Marine Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens.

Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Miss., was among eight Marines and two airmen killed Feb. 17, when two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters...

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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, New River, N.C. deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

Incident

Marine Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens was killed 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. Also

Prayers & Messages

Donnie Leo F. Levens
2006-05-17
Dear Lord, please bless the soul of this brave soldier and hold him in Your loving Arms.
Please keep Your Shining Light over his family and loved ones.

My sincere heartfelt condolences to Donnie's family