[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  REMEMBERING LANCE CORPORAL KEOKI P. SANTOS AND LANCE CORPORAL SETH 
                                 JONES

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                          HON. DARLENE HOOLEY

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 2000

  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, on April 8, 2000 nineteen U.S. 
Marines were killed in the Arizona desert when their MV-22 Osprey 
crashed during a training exercise.
  Two of those Marines, Lance Corporal Keoki Santos and Lance Corporal 
Seth Jones, were citizens of Oregon.
  Lance Corporal Santos--who was only 24 years old--was a native of 
Grande Ronde, a Native American confederation which I have the good 
fortune of representing here in Congress.
  He was an outstanding Marine. Keoki was also deeply loved by his 
mother, Mrs. Christina Mercier.
  Lance Corporal Jones, who was only 19 years old, was an equally 
outstanding Marine.
  He too left behind grieving relatives--his mother, Ms. Michele 
Tytlar, lives in Portland, Oregon and his father, Mr. Daniel Jones, 
lives in Bend, Oregon.
  Mr. Speaker, this Monday is Memorial Day. Most, if not every Member 
of Congress, will return home to participate in official remembrance 
ceremonies.
  Yesterday, three flags were flown over the Capitol of the United 
States commemorating the bravery of Lance Corporal Santos and Lance 
Corporal Jones.
  This Memorial Day, I will present these flags to the families of 
these two Marines at Willamette National Cemetery.
  I will also read aloud and present each family a letter from the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James L. Jones.
  This letter shares the Commandant's thoughts on the service and loss 
of not just these men, but all nineteen of the Marines killed in this 
tragic accident.
  We owe an enormous debt to every American soldier, sailor, flyer, and 
Marine.
  As we all return home this weekend to observe Memorial Day, we must 
remember those who served our Nation in uniform and now lie in eternal 
rest.

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