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Names of soldiers killed in crash released
Posted : Friday Oct 30, 2009 8:03:03 EDT
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Pentagon has released the names of seven soldiers killed in the Oct. 26 crash of a helicopter in Afghanistan.
Two of the soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. They were 32-year-old Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger of San Diego, and 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop of Medford, N.Y.
The other five soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield, near Savannah, Ga.
They were 36-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery of Savannah; 40-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons of Spokane, Wash.; 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb of Terrell, Texas; 23-year-old Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez of Reno, Nev.; 26-year-old Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller of Little Chute, Wis.
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