Kerns, Derek
Marines Corporal

Derek Kerns, age 21, from Woodstown, New Jersey, Salem county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Woodstown High (2008)
Military history: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26MV-22 based at New River Air Station in North Carolina. Joined Marines in December 2010.

Date of death: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Death details: Died during a training accident in Morocco when the MV-22 Osprey he was in crashed near Agadir after takeoff from the USS Iwo Jima. Cpl. Bobby Reyes also died.
Cemetery: Salem County Veterans Cemetery, Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey

Source: Whittier Daily News, nj.com