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Posted: 11:59 AM Feb 9, 2007
Texas Sailor Among The Dead In Crash Of Marine Helicopter
A Navy medic from Texas is among the dead in the crash of a Marine transport helicopter in Iraq, the military said Friday.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Gilbert Minjares Jr., 31, of El Paso died Wednesday in the crash of a Marine transport helicopter in Iraq’s volatile Anbar Province, the military said.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz, 21, of Federalsburg, Md also died in the crash, the military said.
The names of the five Marines who were killed when the helicopter went down have not been released.
Minjares was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, from Cherry Point, N.C.,
The Marine Corps says it doesn't believe the chopper was shot down, but an Iraqi air force officer said it was.
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