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U.S. Marine Corps Identifies Five Killed in Helicopter Crash<!-- wp:html --><p>Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/5-marines-missing-after-helicopter-crash-are-dead-military-says">five Marines</a> who died in a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/helicopter">helicopter</a> crash during a training mission Tuesday were identified by the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/us-marine-corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> on Friday.</p> <p>They were Capt. Jack Casey, of Dover, New Hampshire; Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, of Olathe, Kansas; Sgt. Alec Langen, of Chandler, Arizona; Capt. Benjamin Moulton, of Emmett, Idaho; and Capt. Miguel Nava, of Traverse City, Michigan, according to a <a href="https://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/News/Press-Releases/Press-Release-View/Article/3672095/3rd-maw-identifies-marines-killed-in-ch-53e-mishap/">statement</a> from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. </p> <p>The Marines all belonged to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-marine-corps-identifies-five-killed-in-helicopter-crash">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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The five Marines who died in a helicopter crash during a training mission Tuesday were identified by the U.S. Marine Corps on Friday.

They were Capt. Jack Casey, of Dover, New Hampshire; Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, of Olathe, Kansas; Sgt. Alec Langen, of Chandler, Arizona; Capt. Benjamin Moulton, of Emmett, Idaho; and Capt. Miguel Nava, of Traverse City, Michigan, according to a statement from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

The Marines all belonged to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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