30, of St. Anne, Illinois.
He was assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron —268, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre
30, of St. Anne, Illinois.
He was assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron —268, 3rd Marine
Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, Beaupre quit an accounting job to join the Marines so he could fly. Before he was killed in a March 21 CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait he had hoped to get back to the States in time for his sister's wedding in May. "He's the kind of kid you want your daughter to marry, you want your son to be," says Patricia Gould, a family friend. "This is when war hits home."