Memorial Service Honors Fallen Sailors, Coast Guardsman

MANAMA, BAHRAIN

04.22.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony, April 22, on board Naval Support Activity Bahrain honoring two U.S. Navy Sailors and one Coast Guardsman who died, April 24, 2004, during an attack on Iraq's oil terminals in the North Arabian Gulf. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal, the first Coast Guardsman to be killed in combat since the Vietnam War and the only to die in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and two U.S. Navy Sailors - Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Pernaselli and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts, were killed while boarding a dhow that was approaching the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in Iraqi waters. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Campbell)

• Date Taken: 04.22.2010
• Date Posted: 04.25.2010 22:47
• Photo ID: 273034
• VIRIN: 100422-N-7434C-076
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 908.49 KB
• Location: MANAMA, BH