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It is with great regret that the Marine Corps announces the names of those who perished in the KC-
130T Hercules crash in Mississippi on July 10.
1
Full name: Sean E. Elliott
Pay entry base date: May 4, 2009
Rank and date of rank: Captain/Oct. 1, 2013
Home of record: Orange, California
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 7557, KC-130 Aircraft Commander
Deployment dates and locations: WesPac16, August 2016 to February 2017
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal,
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2), Korean Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal National Defense Service Medal,
Letter of Appreciation (2)
2
Full name: Joshua M. Snowden
Pay entry base date: July 19, 2004
Rank and date of rank: Staff Sergeant/July 10, 2017
Home of record: Dallas, Texas
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom 14.1 Transition, June 2014;
Operation Enduring Freedom 14.2 Transition, July 2014 to August 2014; Special Purpose MAGTF,
October 2014 to January 2015
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Reserve
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal,
Air Medal-Strike/Flight, Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (2), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal, Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal (3), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National
Defense Service Medal, Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award); Letter of Appreciation (2)
3
Full name: Daniel I. Baldassare
Pay entry base date: Sept. 14, 2015
Rank and date of rank: Corporal/June 1, 2017
Home of record: Monmouth, New Jersey
Present Duty Station: VMGR 452, MAG 49, 4th MAW
Military Occupational Specialty: 6276, Fixed Wing Aircraft Crew Master KC-130
Deployment dates and locations: None
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Global War on Terrorism Service Medal;
National Defense Service Medal
4
Full name: William J. Kundrat
Pay entry base date: July 30, 2002
Rank and date of rank: Staff Sergeant/Jan. 1, 2011
Home of record: Frederick, Maryland
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom, March
2003 to June 2003; Operation Iraqi Freedom 4-6, September 2005 to February 2006; Operation Iraqi
Freedom 5-7, February 2006 to April 2006; Deployed to Senegal, April 2010 to May 2010; Operation
Inherent Resolve, December 2015 to June 2016
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Combat
Action Ribbon; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4); Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (4);
Afghanistan Campaign Medal (3); Iraq Campaign Medal (5); Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Joint Meritorious
Unit Award; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2); Navy Unit Commendation Medal; Presidential
Unit Citation-Navy; NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan; Certificate of Commendation (Individual Award)
(2)
5
Full name: Joseph J. Murray
Pay entry base date: Aug. 31, 2009
Rank and date of rank: Sergeant/Aug. 1, 2014
Home of record: Duval, Florida
Present Duty Station: 2nd Raider Battalion, Special Operations Command
Military Occupational Specialty: 0372, Critical Skills Operator
Deployment dates and locations: Operation Enduring Freedom, September 2010 to March 2011;
Operation Enduring Freedom, January 2012 to July 2012
Current duty status (SMCR, Active duty, etc): Active Duty
Awards and decorations with (# of each award): Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
(3); Combat Action Ribbon; Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (2); Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
(2); Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2); Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; National Defense
Service Medal; Navy Unit Commendation; NATO Medal-ISAF Afghanistan; Certificate of
Commendation (Individual Award); Meritorious Mast
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