Marines in Iraq Crash Are Named
The Pentagon on Thursday disclosed the names of four Marines killed Monday when their CH-46 transport helicopter crashed into a canal in central Iraq shortly after takeoff.
They are: Capt. Andrew David Lamont, 31, of Eureka, Calif.; Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore, 21, of San Marcos, Calif.; 1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, 30, of Aurora, Ill.; and Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White, 27, of Shawnee, Okla.
They were assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
A fifth Marine drowned trying to save them. He was identified Wednesday as Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie, 23, of Beaver Dam, Wis. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton.
The Pentagon also announced that Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, of Omaha, Neb., was killed Wednesday in Baghdad when his vehicle rolled over.
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