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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
They made the Ultimate Sacrifice
NOTIFICATION OF DEATH - LS ERIC KEEN 1. THE COMMANDER MARITIME FORCES PACIFIC, RADM BOB AUCHTERLONIE, REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF LS ERIC KEEN WHO PASSED AWAY ON 20 JANUARY 2020 2. LS ERIC KEEN WAS A DEDICATED SAILOR WHO JOINED THE RCN IN 2004 AS A BOSUN REMUSTERING TO MAR TECH IN 2013. HE COMPLETED OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS IN HMC SHIPS PROTECTEUR, WINNIPEG, AND WHITEHORSE. IN 2018, HE WAS AWARDED A COMMAND COMMENDATION FOR HIS ACTIONS WHILE DEPLOYED IN WHITEHORSE IN WHICH HE DISCOVERED AND EXTINGUISHED A DIESEL ALTERNATOR FIRE. MOST RECENTLY HE SAILED IN HMCS SASKATOON BEFORE BEING POSTED TO FMF CAPE BRETON 3. ERIC ENJOYED BEING OUTDOORS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND OFTEN HIKED TO REMOTE LOCATIONS TO CAMP. HE CHOSE HIS FRIENDS CAREFULLY, AND THOSE HE CALLED FRIENDS HE RESPECTED AND CARED FOR UNWAVERINGLY. HIS HONESTY AND ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED 4. DETAILS REGARDING A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE FORTHCOMING
Ships served in: FMF CAPE BRETON
In Service of Canada - RCN Peacetime Casualty Index
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For Posterity's Sake 
