SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Coast Guard personnel in Sacramento are scheduled to host a remembrance service Tuesday on the 10th anniversary of an aircraft collision between a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, the 11th Coast Guard District commander is scheduled to preside over the ceremony.
While conducting a search and rescue mission near San Clemente Island on Oct. 29, 2009, Coast Guard 1705, an HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, and a Marine Corps AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stationed at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton were involved in a mid-air collision.
That night, the Coast Guard lost:
- Lt. Cmdr. Che Barnes
- Lt. Adam Bryant
- Chief Petty Officer John Seidman
- Petty Officer 2nd Class Carl Grigonis
- Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica Beacham
- Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Moletzsky
- Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Kreder
The Marine Corps lost:
- Maj. Samuel Leigh
- 1st Lt. Thomas Claiborne
Due to limited space, the event will not be open to the public.
Original stories of the accident and aftermath can be found here, here, here and here.
A Coast Guard member, assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, kneels to places flowers around a memorial during a remembrance ceremony at Air Station Sacramento in McClellan Park, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Coast Guard friends and family remembered the Coast Guard and Marine Corps crews who were lost in a mid-air collision in 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart
