Obituaries
Ceremony Held To Honor Gunnery Sgt. Brendan Johnson Killed In MS Plane Crash
The public had a chance to pay their respects before the ceremony with full military honors.
FISHKILL, NY — U.S. Marine Corps gunnery Sgt. Brendan Johnson was planning to retire next year and move to Montana with his wife. Instead, a ceremony was held Thursday with full military honors in place of a public funeral in Fishkill.
More than 80 friends, family members, government officials, law enforcement, veterans and local residents paid tribute to Johnson, who was killed in a military plane crash, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.
Johnson was one of 16 military personnel killed in the crash July 10 of a refueling plane that spiraled and crashed in a field in Itta Bena, MS. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
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He was born in Burlington, VT and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1994.
Johnson served for 23 years.
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For more details, including comments from people who attended the ceremony, read the complete Poughkeepsie Journal article here.
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