CWO 2 Christopher Chabot Martin, 31, died Monday night in the crash of a 4th Infantry Division AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, Fort Hood said Wednesday.

A second soldier who was aboard the helicopter when it went down during a training flight north of Lake Belton was treated for injuries and later released from Darnall Army Community Hospital.

Martin was posthumously promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 2 after the crash, Fort Hood said.

Martin was born in New York, but grew up and attended schools in Grapevine where he graduated from high school in 1993, Fort Hood said, and considered himself a native Texan.

He joined the Army shortly after graduation.

“I would like to extend my condolences to the family of Warrant Officer Chris Martin,” said Col. Donald M. MacWillie, commander of the 4th Infantry Division Aviation Brigade.

“Mr. Martin was a brave 4th Infantry Division Soldier who died while training and preparing to do whatever the President calls us to do.

“He was an energetic and a very focused warrior and he’ll be greatly missed by the entire Eagle team. We’ll do everything to take care of the families involved in this tragedy,” MacWillie said.

The brigade halted flight operations for 24 hours after the crash in what MacWillie said is a routine procedure after aircraft accidents.

Normal operations resumed Wednesday morning.

The crash is being investigated by a III Corps team as well as an Accident Investigation Team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker, Ala.

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It was the second crash involving a 4th ID helicopter in eight months.

Seven soldiers including a brigadier general died in November when their Black Hawk helicopter hit a television tower cable in a thick fog about 30 miles northeast of the post.

The soldiers were en route to the Red River Army Depot near Texarkana to check on the progress of repair work on 4th ID vehicles in preparation for the division’s return to Iraq later this year.

TEXAS MILITARY CRASHES

March 1985: Six crewmen die when a C-130 from Little Rock, Ark., crashes near Fort Hood, Texas.

June 22, 1987: Ten killed when a UH-1 ``Huey'' helicopter crashes during a low-level orientation flight at Fort Hood.

Feb. 25, 1988: Ten killed and eight burned when a Chinook CH-47D helicopter crashes near Chico during a routine flight from Fort Hood to Fort Sill, Okla.

Oct. 15, 1989: Two killed when an F-16 crashes during a training mission at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.

June 24, 1991: An Air Force T-38 trainer jet crashes while attempting to land at Sheppard A.F.B., killing a student pilot and Italian NATO instructor.

Nov. 30, 1992: All four crewmembers of a B-1B bomber, based at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, killed during a low-flying training mission in West Texas.

Dec. 23, 1992: One crewmember killed when a Navy Reserve F-14, assigned to Dallas Naval Air Station went down near Comanche, Texas.

May 24, 1993: An F-16 pilot was killed when his plane went down in a rural area near Mineral Wells.

Jan. 25, 1994: An Army helicopter crashed northwest of Killeen during a training mission, killing two pilots on board.

Aug. 17, 1994: A student pilot is killed when two T-45 training jets assigned to Naval Air Station Kingsville collide.

Feb. 14, 1995: An instructor pilot, assigned to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, died when his plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a routine training mission.

April 24, 1995: Five killed when a CH-47 Delta Chinook helicopter crashes near Florence in Williamson County.

May 31, 1995: Two civilians killed when a T-38 Talon training jet crashes into an apartment building in Wichita Falls. The two crewmembers ejected safely.

Dec. 04, 1997: Both crewmembers die in crash of Ft Hood AH64 Apache in San Saba County. Copter was assigned to the Fourth Infantry Division.

Nov. 29, 2004: Army Blackhawk Helicopter clips support wire on KXXV TV tower, crashes and burns in field near Bruceville-Eddy, killing all seven soldiers aboard. Helicopter was assigned to the Fourth Infantry Division.

July 11, 2005: 4th Infantry Division AH-64D Apache Helicopter crashes on training flight in Fort Hood training area north of Lake Belton, killing one crewmember and injuring another.