A memorial service was held this morning for U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, a 26-year-old Suffield native who died in August while serving aboard the USS John S. McCain after the destroyer collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore.
A memorial service and Catholic mass was held at Sacred Heart Church at 446 Mountain Road at 10 a.m.
After the mass, a private military burial was held at the West Suffield Cemetery. The burial is for family and friends only.
Doyon graduated from Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2009. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Feb 6, 2015.
Gov. Dan Malloy issued a directive to lower United States and state flags to half-staff in honor of Doyon following his death.
