AGE:  31

HOMETOWN:  Apple Valley, Minn.

UNIT:  Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force

DUTY STATION:  Camp Pendleton, Calif.

DIED:  May 30, 2006

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  near Taqaddum, Iraq

CAUSE:  died following a non-hostile helicopter accident May 27