2 Navy Men Killed in Plane Crash at Edwards Air Base Are Identified
Two men killed when a leased cargo plane crashed at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday were identified Tuesday as Navy Lt. David Garnett, 33, of Houston and Navy Aviation Electrician E-3 Lorenzo Rodriguez, 24, of San Antonio.
The MU-2 aircraft was on a flight from the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, where both men were stationed, to Edwards, where it crashed short of the runway on landing.
Seven others aboard the aircraft, including four military personnel and three civilians, were taken to local hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to moderate, said Steve Boster, a spokesman for the China Lake Navy base, about 100 miles east of Bakersfield.
Boster would not disclose details of the mission. The cause of the crash was unknown and was under investigation, he said.
Survivors included Petty Officer 3rd Class Herbert Desrosiers, 21, of Tyngsboro, Mass.; Petty Officer 3rd Class Roosevelt Rankins, 21, of Greenville, Miss.; Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Achenbach, 24, of Clearmont, Wyo.; Airman Mike Neinaber, 21, of Cincinnati; civilians Denis Campbell of Lake Isabella, Larry Steimer and Wayne Lee, both of Ridgecrest.
Memorial services for both men were scheduled for Friday in All Faith Chapel at China Lake.
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