Tustin-Based Marine Killed in Malaysia
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TUSTIN — A Marine Corps co-pilot based at the El Toro air station has been found dead after a crash in Malaysia. The dead man was identified Sunday as 1st Lt. James B. Kelly, originally of Paris, Ill.
A Royal Malaysian Air Force rescue team found Kelly strapped to his seat about 50 yards from the plane wreckage Saturday, said Abdul Majid Hamid, deputy officer in charge at the town of Kota Tinggi near the crash site.
According to a Marine spokesman, Kelly and a pilot were on their way back to the Marine Corps Air Station at Iwakuni, Japan, after a routine deployment in Singapore when they encountered problems and tried to return to the island state.
The pilot, Capt. R.B. Turner, sustained only minor injuries in the crash.
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