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Home Town Portland, Oregon
Last Address Guam
Date of Passing Sep 24, 2007
Location of Interment Willamette National Cemetery (VA) - Portland, Oregon
The Navy has identified the crewmember killed in Monday night's helicopter crash on U.S. Naval Base Guam. Lt. Christian Hescock, 34, died about two hours after the MH-60 Seahawk crashed into Fena Reservoir at about 10:30 p.m., during a training mission, said Lt. Donnell Evans, a Naval Base Guam spokesman.
Hescock, whose position was not released, was pronounced dead en route to the hospital. Evans said the remaining three crewmembers, all men, were hurt in the crash, including a 27-year-old who suffered a dislocated shoulder. The other two, identified only as being ages 27 and 20, sustained minor injuries. All were treated at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam. Evans could not confirm Tuesday whether any of the servicemembers had been released.
The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. Evans said Tuesday he had no more details on the cause of the crash. "Right now, we're still in the recovery and investigative phases," he said. "The majority of the aircraft is submerged. Once we're able to recover the aircraft, we can start the investigation."
