DOD identifies Airmen killed in helicopter crash Published Feb. 21, 2006 American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Defense Department has announced the names of two Airmen and eight Marines killed in a Feb. 17 helicopter crash while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Ten servicemembers died when two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area, officials said. Two crewmembers survived and were rescued shortly after the incident and taken to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. One crewman underwent knee surgery. The second crewman was bruised and may have inhaled contaminated seawater. Both were in stable condition the day after the crash and were transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, officials said. The Airmen and Marines were deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The Airmen killed in the crash were: Senior Airman Alecia S. Good, 23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio. Airman Good was with the 92nd Communications Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez, 33, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Sergeant Sanchez was with the 1st Communications Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The Marines were with the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at New River, N.C. Reported killed were: 1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet, 33, of Erath, La.; Sgt. James F. Fordyce, 22, of Newton Square, Pa.; Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr., 21, of Villa Rica, Ga.; Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Miss.; Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus, 31, of Gainesville, Fla.; Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.; Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie, 20, of Ogdensburg, N.Y.; and Capt. Bryan D. Willard, 33, of Hummelstown, Pa. The cause of the crash is under investigation. (Compiled from Defense Department news releases.)