CH-47 Down In Afghanistan
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter has crashed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan near Asadabad in Kunar province. Nine crewmembers were onboard at the time of the crash. No word on casualties.
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Google Maps: Asadabad, Afghanistan
Update (5/6/2006 6:27pm):
Combined Forces Afghanistan says all 10 servicemembers onboard the helicopter died in the crash.
God bless them and their families.
Update (5/7/2006 7:29pm):
All ten servicemembers were from Fort Drum’s 10th Mountain Division. God bless them and their families.
Update (5/10/2006 5:06pm):
The soldiers killed in Friday’s crash were identified today as:
- Private Brian M. Moquin Jr., 19, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Specialist David N. Timmons Jr., 23, Lewisville, North Carolina
- Specialist Justin L. O’Donohoe, 27, San Diego, California
- Sergeant Jeffery S. Wiek, 23, Utopia, Texas
- Sergeant John C. Griffith, 33, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Sergeant Bryan A. Brewster, 24, Fontana, California
- Staff Sergeant Christopher T. Howick, 34, Hamburg, New York
- Chief Warrant Officer Christopher B. Donaldson, 28, Illinois
- Chief Warrant Officer Eric W. Totten, 34, Texas
- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Fenty, 41, Florida
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