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Guam base to hold memorial service
SANTA RITA, Guam—U.S. Naval Base Guam will hold a memorial service for USS John S. McCain on Aug. 30, at noon, at the base chapel.
USS John S. McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC in waters east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21.
The memorial will be held to remember and pay tribute to the 10 sailors who died as a result of the collision:
Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Amazonia, Missouri
Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Abraham Lopez, 39, from El Paso, Texas
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kevin Sayer Bushell, 26, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jacob Daniel Drake, 21, from Cable, Ohio
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Timothy Thomas Eckels Jr., 23, from Manchester, Maryland
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Corey George Ingram, 28, from Poughkeepsie, New York
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, from Suffield, Connecticut
Electronics Technician 3rd Class John Henry Hoagland III, 20, from Killeen, Texas
Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Logan Stephen Palmer, 23, from Decatur, Illinois
Electronics Technician 3rd Class, Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
The memorial is open to those who have base access. (PR)
