HONOLULU (AP) – Officials say a Hawaii man is one of the 30 American service members killed when a military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan.
Kraig Vickers, a 1992 graduate of Maui High School, was killed when the Chinook helicopter he was in was hit and went down in eastern Afghanistan Saturday.
Congresswoman Mazie Hirono released a statement Sunday on the death of the 36-year-old Vickers extending her "gratitude to Kraig Vickers for his loyal service to our country."
Hirona says Vickers had served for 15 years in the Navy, where he was a bomb disposal specialist.
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