1st Lt Brandon Ryan Dronet
Born: January 17, 1973 in Louisiana
Died: February 17, 2006, Djibouti
1st Lt Brandon R. Dronet of Erath, Louisiana was a 2002 graduate of LSU who was your typical good country boy who was trying to do the right thing and wanted to serve his country. He married his high school sweetheart from Henry High School, Summer Landry. They eventually had four children. Brandon loved being in the Marines and he enjoyed life. At his officers commissioning ceremony, Brandon was presented a key to the city of Abbeville. He is survived by his wife, Summer, their children, Dustin, Kourtnie, Cody, and Madeline, his parents, Catherine Montet and Gene Dronet and a brother, Clint Dronet. He was preceded in death by a brother, John Dronet. Brandon was killed at age 33 when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area. Also killed were Marine Sgt. James F. Fordyce, Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr., Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens, Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus, Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie and Capt. Bryan D. Willard; and Air Force Senior Airman Alecia S. Good and Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez.
Marines
Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464
Marine Air Group 29
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
II Marine Expeditionary
New River, North Carolina
Burial is at Bancker Cemetery in Bancker, Louisiana
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