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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Md. Marine Among Dead in Helicopter Crash

A Marine from Maryland is among the six who were killed this week in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan.
The Defense Department on Saturday identified Cpl. Jesse W. Stites as among those killed. The 23-year-old Stites is from North Beach in Calvert County.
The CH-53D helicopter crashed Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. Thursday's crash was the deadliest in Afghanistan since August.
All six Marines were based in Hawaii.

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