7 Americans Killed in Crashes Are Identified
The Defense Department on Monday identified seven American servicemen who were killed in two separate air crashes Sunday during Gulf War missions.
Three were Air Force officers killed when their B-52 crashed in the Indian Ocean near Diego Garcia when they were returning from a bombing mission. They were Capt. Jeffry Jon Olson, 27, of Grand Forks, N.D.; 1st Lt. Eric D. Hedeen, 27, of Malaga, Wash., and 1st. Lt. Jorge I. Arteaga of Trumbull, Conn. The three other crew members were rescued.
The four other casualties were Marines who died in a helicopter crash: Capt. David R. Herr, Jr., 28, of Ft. Worth; Capt. James K. Thorp, 30, Valley Station, Ky.; Cpl. Albert G. Haddad, Jr., 22, of Denton, Tex., and Cpl. Kurt A. Benz, 22, of Garden City, Mich.
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