The Department of Defense announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died from wounds suffered when two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters crashed Jan. 26 in Kirkuk, Iraq.
They were assigned to the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Killed were:
Chief Warrant Officer Philip E. Windorski, Jr., 35, of Bovey, Minn.
Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Kelley, 30, of Cameron, Mo.
Chief Warrant Officer Joshua M. Tillery, 31, of Beaverton, Ore.
Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin H. Todd, 29, of Colville, Wash.
The incident is under investigation.
"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect,
no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations
that we have forgotten as a people
the cost of a free and undivided republic."
- General Orders No. 11
no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations
that we have forgotten as a people
the cost of a free and undivided republic."
- General Orders No. 11
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OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter
10th Mountain Division, U.S. Army
Fort Drum, New YorkKirkuk Airbase, Iraq
General Orders No. 11
10th Mountain Division Association
Warrant Officers
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