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This Memorial Page Established by-SFC Rod Brewer
In Honor Of Sgt Jeannette L. Winters , OEF, -1/09/2001
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 014-02
January 09, 2002

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DOD IDENTIFIES SEVEN MARINES KILLED IN KC-130/R CRASH


The Department of Defense announced that the following Marines were killed as a result of
the crash of a KC-130/R aircraft in Pakistan today:
Command Pilot: Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, 29, of Shasta, Calif. He joined the Marine Corps
in 1994.
Co-Pilot: Capt. Daniel G. McCollum, 29, of Richland, S.C. He joined the Marine Corps in 1993.
Flight Engineer: Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson, 35, of Montgomery, Ala. He joined the
Marine Corps in 1983.
Loadmaster: Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen, 37, of Queens, N.Y. He joined the Marine Corps in
1982.
Flight Mechanic: Sgt. Nathan P. Hays, 21, of Lincoln, Wash. He joined the Marine Corps in
1999.
Flight Navigator: Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand, 23, of Coos Bay, Ore. He joined the Marine
Corps in 1998.
Radio Operator: Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, 25, of Du Page, Ill. She joined the Marine Corps in
1997.
The Marines are assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), the
"Raiders." Elements of VMGR-352 are attached to Combined Task Force 58, in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom. VMGR-352 is home-based at the Marine Corps Air Station,
Miramar, Calif.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Arlington
at Christmas

Rest
easy, sleep well my brothers.

Know
the line has held, your job is done.

Rest
easy, sleep well.

Others
have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

Peace,
peace, and farewell...
Sgt Winters and everyone else listed here.. You Have Not Been Forgotten..
SFC Rod July 27,10
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters
United States Marine Corps
KIA 09 January 2002, Pakistan
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25, of Gary, Ind.; assigned to Marine Aerial Transport Refueler Squadron 352, based at Marine
Corps Air Station Miramar Calif.; killed in a refueling tanker crash, on Jan. 9, 2002 in Pakistan.