Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, is scheduled to host a memorial ceremony on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Wednesday at 2 p.m.

The memorial will honor six Marines that died when a UH-1Y Huey helicopter crashed north of Charikot, Nepal, May 12.

The Marines were in support of Joint Task Force 505 and were conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief operations in support of recent Nepal earthquakes.

The six fallen Marines scheduled to be honored at the ceremony are:

Capt. Dustin R. Lukasiewicz, 29, and a native of Harlan, Nebraska

Capt. Christopher L. Norgren, 31, and a native of Sedgwick, Kansas

Sgt. Ward M. Johnson IV, 29, and a native of Seminole, Florida

Sgt. Eric M. Seaman, 30, and a native of Riverside, California

Cpl. Sara A. Medina, 23, and a native of Kane, Illinois

Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug, 22, and a native of Maricopa, Arizona

For biographical information on the fallen Marines, please click here.

Interested media must RSVP with the Miramar Public Affairs Office at miramarmedia@usmc.mil or 858-577-6000 by 4 p.m. Tuesday.

A uniformed public affairs representative will meet with all media organizations at 1 p.m. at the parking lot next to the Camp Pendleton Main Gate. (Take I-5 north and make a right into the parking lot on the right).

For additional information, please contact the MCAS Miramar Public Affairs Office at (858) 577-6000 or follow our Twitter feed @MCASMiramarCA.

For MCAS Miramar and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing press releases, please visit our Press Release Page.

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