Marine from Kentucky killed in training exercise returns home

HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – A Marine from Kentucky is returning dwelling soon after getting killed in a NATO education work out in Norway.

Cpl. Jacob M. Moore, 24, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky was a person of 4 Marines who died immediately after the U.S. Marine Corps’ MV 22 Osprey crashed throughout a education mission in Nordland County, Norway in assistance of Exercising Cold Response 2022. Cpl. Moore, a 2016 graduate of Boyd County Substantial Faculty, enlisted in the Marines in 2017 and graduated boot camp in 2018.

Cpl. Moore experienced numerous decorations, such as the Marine Corps Good Perform Medal,  the National Protection Support Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Assistance Medal. 

Check out as Cpl. Moore is brought house in this article:

Products and services for Cpl. Moore will be held at Boyd County Significant College. They are currently being dealt with by Neal-Kilgore & Collier Funeral Homes. Visitation is set for Sunday, April 3 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. with the funeral set for Monday, April 4 from 11 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Cpl. Moore’s obituary states he will be laid to relaxation at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North East in Grayson, Kentucky.

People who also died in the crash are Gunnery Sgt. James W. Fast, 30, of Cambridge, Ohio Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana and Capt. Ross A. Reynolds, 27, of Leominster, Massachusetts. All four Marines ended up flown house to the U.S. on Friday, March 25.