Wed, Dec 01, 2004
Victims Identified
Seven 4th Infantry Division soldiers, including the assistant
division commander for support, were killed Nov. 29 when their
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed while flying from Fort Hood,
Texas, to check on progress in repairing vehicles damaged in
Iraq.
Fort Hood officials said the crash occurred about 7 a.m. when
the helicopter collided with a portion of a television transmission
tower about 15 miles north of Temple, Texas, killing all aboard. An
accident investigation team from the US Army Safety Center at Fort
Rucker, AL, will conduct a formal investigation of the
accident.
Acting public affairs officer Jim Wittmeyer said the soldiers
were en route to Red River Army Depot, near Texarkana, Texas, where
their unit's Humvees and other vehicles were being repaired and
readied for their upcoming deployment to Iraq, expected in
midsummer.
The 4th Infantry Division returned this spring to its Fort Hood
headquarters from Iraq, where it served as the cornerstone of Task
Force Ironhorse. The division played a key role in the capture of
Saddam Hussein in December 2003, but lost 80 soldiers and one
civilian during its yearlong deployment from March 2003 to March
2004.
At least three of the soldiers killed were veterans of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, Wittmeyer said.
Fort Hood officials today released the names of the seven
soldiers killed. They are:
Brig. Gen. Charles B. Allen, 49, assistant division commander for
support. Allen, who was born in Alaska and listed his home of
record as Oklahoma, entered the Army in May 1977 and received his
initial training as a field artillery officer.
- Col. James M. Moore, 47, commander of the Division Support
Command. A native of Peabody, MA, he entered the Army in September
1980.
- Capt. Todd. T. Christmas, 26, an air defense artillery officer
assigned to the division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
Special Troops Battalion. A native of New Mexico, he entered the
Army in August 2001.
- Chief Warrant Officer 5 Douglas V. Clapp, 48, a senior division
automotive maintenance officer. Clapp, who was born in Lebanon, PA,
and listed his home of record as Greensboro, NC, entered the Army
in August 1974.
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 David H. Gardner Jr., 32, a helicopter
pilot assigned to the division's A Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th
Aviation Regiment. Gardner, who was born in Germany and listed Iowa
as his home of record, entered the Army in October 1992. Gardner
served in Iraq from October 2003 to April 2004.
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark W. Evans Jr., 27, a helicopter
pilot assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment.
Evans, who was born in Michigan and listed his home of record as
Florida, entered the Army in November 1995. Evans served in Iraq
from November 2003 to April 2004.
- Spc. Richard L. Brown, 29, a helicopter mechanic assigned to
the division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company. Brown was
born in Kansas and listed Stonewall, LA, as his home of record.
Brown served in Iraq from March 2003 to March 2004
(ANN salutes Donna Miles at the American Forces Press
Service)
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