Jay Thomas Aubin

Waterville, Maine

March 20, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marine

Maj

Marine Aviation Weapons & Tactics Squadron

1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Yuma, Arizona

Killed in a CH-46E helicopter crash in Kuwait.

AP News

Jay Thomas Aubin was so kind, so friendly that his Marine buddies nicknamed him "Sweet Pea." Aubin died March 21 in a helicopter crash in Kuwait, near the Iraqi border. He was stationed in Yuma, Ariz., and lived there with his wife, Rhonda Aubin, and their children, 10-year-old Alicia and 7-year-old Nathan.