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Photo Release

Date: July 7, 2010

Contact: Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

(907) 321-4510

Photo Release: Funeral for petty officer killed in Sitka helicopter crash held in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the flag draped casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the flag draped casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the flag draped casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the flag draped casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simonds holds tight as Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Lefaiver folds the American Flag that was draped over the casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class David Simonds holds tight as Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Lefaiver folds the American Flag that was draped over the casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Troy Brevick presents the American Flag to Tiffiny Banks wife of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Troy Brevick presents the American Flag to Tiffiny Banks wife of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard and family members carry the casket of Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks who was laid to rest in the National Cemetery on Fort Richardson July 15, 2010. Banks was killed when the Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, 6017, transiting from Air Station Astoria, Ore., to Sitka went down in the waters off La Push, Wash., July 7, 2010.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley

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