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WACO, Texas - U.S. Coast Guard's Ceremonial Honor Guard unfurls an American Flag during a memorial service held in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Kreder II, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. The flag was presented to Kreder's mother who is at the far right corner of the photograph. A memorial was held in Waco for Kreder, one of seven crewmembers that perished following the crash of a C-130 off the California coast. The Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento based C-130 was conducting a search and rescue mission and a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter from Camp Pendleton was on a training mission when the aircraft apparently collided over the ocean near San Clemente Island Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.

WACO, Texas - The U.S. Coast Guard's Ceremonial Honor Guard unfurls an American Flag during a memorial service held in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Kreder II, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. The flag was presented to Kreder's mother who is at the far right corner of the photograph. A memorial was held in Waco for Kreder, one of seven crewmembers that perished following the crash of a C-130 off the California coast. The Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento based C-130 was conducting a search and rescue mission and a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter from Camp Pendleton was on a training mission when the aircraft apparently collided over the ocean near San Clemente Island Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee C. Aiello