Soldier killed in Georgia helicopter crash identified by army

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The army has identified a soldier killed in a helicopter accident at a Georgia airfield as a 31-year-old special operations helicopter platoon leader.

The Army Special Operations Command said that Capt Clayton O Carpenter of Brooklyn, NY, died late on Wednesday at the end of a training flight at Hunter army airfield in Savannah. He was aboard an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that slammed into the ground while landing. The army is investigating what went wrong.

Two crew members were injured. Maj. Allen Hill, a spokesman for the unit, said on Saturday that both are expected to make full recoveries.

All were members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which flies helicopters behind enemy lines under cover of darkness. Based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the unit has a battalion in Savannah.

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