Memorial dedicated to Mississippi to the victims of a plane crash

Mississippi and US Marine Corps officers on Saturday dedicated a memorial to 15 Marines and a US Navy Corpsman who died in a plane crash last year.

Hundreds of relatives and friends of the 16 victims gathered "All we want to do is talk to them and share with the rest of the world what they were", said Anna Johnson, widow of Sgt Gunnery. Brendan Johnson, a member of the crew, reports the Jackson Clarion Ledger

The Marine Special Forces aboard the KC-130T military transport aircraft traveled from North Carolina to California for S & L. July 10, 2017.

was piloted by a New York-based Marine Reserve unit and known as the Yanky 72 call sign.

After service, the Crowd was driving in buses to see the nearby memorial, which shows an image of a KC-130T plan in granite surrounded by a circle by the engraved names of fallen soldiers.

"Your loss has become our loss," said Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi, to those who had come from as far as Ireland for the ceremony.

"We are grateful for all the memorial Cindy Elliott said of her victims that she lost her son, Sean E. Elliott, 30, of Orange, California.

Elliot said that observance helped his family find

Deneen Hopkins Wiske, a firefighter from Wisconsin, is the sister of artillery sergeant Mark Hopkins

"We were very steadfast in a false sense of security with Mark and what he did, she says, are beasts of the sky; "

Nate Harris, a special operations commander of the Navy, told the Clarion newspaper that "We know it's the right thing to do to honor them."

"I can not imagine a filled plane" They remind us of what we have best to offer and they have certainly led their lives by making the most of every day. "

No cause for the plane crash was published," Wiske said. while the investigation continues

Associated Press contributed to this report