Coast Guard honors fallen shipmate at Station Destin

WHO: U.S. Coast Guard Station Destin

WHAT: Lonnie Jones Memorial Dedication

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 at 9 a.m.

WHERE: Coast Guard Station Destin, 2000 Miracle Strip Parkway, Destin, Fla., 32450

Petty Officer 3rd Class Lonnie Jones, a machinery technician, was killed in the line of duty March 30, 1981, while responding to a search and rescue case in the vicinity of Destin. This ceremony will render the proper military honors to Jones, which includes a 21-gun salute and a fly-over from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

"Petty Officer Jones was never given military honors," said Chief Petty Officer Scott Goss, executive petty officer of Coast Guard Station Destin. "Destin is a small community and this really affected the heart of that community. This ceremony is going to be a fitting way to honor Jones."

***Media interested in attending the ceremony should R.S.V.P. no later than Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 at 12 p.m., by calling (618) 610-1523.***

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