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Samuel W. Large Jr.
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr.
Age: 21
From: Villa Rica, Ga.
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 Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr. 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
Marine one of 10 killed in crash off African coast
Age: 21
From: Villa Rica, Ga.
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 Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr. 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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Marine one of 10 killed in crash off African coast
VILLA RICA, Ga. — When Ada Large opened the door to her home late Friday night, there were half a dozen men in military uniforms standing there, including two chaplains.
It had to be bad news.
“It seemed like 100 people were on my porch when I opened the door that night,” Large said. “When I opened the door, you can imagine how I felt to see that. I was speechless.”
The men were there to tell her that her son, Lance Cpl. Sam Large Jr., was one of 10 military personnel killed when a pair of Marine helicopters crashed off the eastern coast of Africa.
Large, 21, was aboard one of the choppers that crashed in the Gulf of Aden, near the northern...
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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 Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr. 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
Samuel W. Large Jr.
2006-05-12
God bless you