Spokane soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon has identified a U.S. soldier who died of injuries from a helicopter crash in Iraq.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin, 34, was from Spokane, Washington. The Pentagon said he died Monday in Baghdad of injuries sustained when his helicopter crashed in the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar.

Galvin was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

The Army Times reports that Galvin’s helicopter crashed in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Ninevah Province, late Sunday night while on a partnered counter-terrorism mission. While the incident is under investigation, it was last reported that enemy fire was not suspected to have caused the crash.

Galvin was a combat veteran with nine deployments.