Army Special Operations Command mourns 5 US troops killed in helicopter crash
By TARA COPP
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army Special Operations Command says the five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean over the weekend were national treasures whose loss cut deeply. The commander of the Army Special Operations Command said Monday the soldiers came from families with deep military service ties spanning generations. The Pentagon has identified the five Army aviation special operations forces as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, of Clarksville, Tennessee; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, of Sacramento, California; Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, of Gorham, New Hampshire; Sgt. Andrew P. Southard, of Apache Junction, Arizona; and Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe, of Mankato, Minnesota. They were based in Kentucky.