New Jersey man and Iowan among 6 isle Marines killed

Posted on January 21, 2012

A 25-year-old from New Jersey and a 40-year-old from Iowa, both Hawaii Marines, were among six killed Thursday in a CH-53D helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, family confirmed. It was the second fatal crash for the Vietnam-era transport choppers — and the second experienced by the same unit, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, the Lucky Red Lions — in less than a year.

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