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Posted on 01/24/2007 9:52:51 PM PST by SandRat
FORT HUACHUCA — A deployed soldier from the 11th Signal Brigade was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Saturday, according to the Department of Defense on Wednesday.
Cpl. Victor M. Langarica, 29, of Decatur, Ga., was Identified as one of 12 soldiers killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down in Iraq. The incident is still under investigation. He was assigned to the 86th Signal Battalion, where he was a wheeled vehicle mechanic.
Members of the 86th deployed last August to provide communications support in Iraq.
Langarica is the first brigade soldier to die in any of the many deployments the unit has participated to global hot spots from 1992 to present. Those locales included Somalia, East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.
He is the second soldier with local ties to die in Iraq this month, the other being Pfc. Collin Schockmel, who died of combat wounds on Jan. 16.
A memorial service for Langarica will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Main Post Chapel.
For more on this story, see Thursday’s Herald/Review.
Herald/Review senior reporter Bill Hess can be reached at 515-4615 or bill.hess@svherald.com
Sadness at the loss.
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Prayers lifted.
May they rest in peace.
3294 01/20/07 Warren, William T. 1st Sergeant 48 U.S. Army National Guard 1st BN, 185th Aviation Reg (Air Assault), 77th Aviation Brigade Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Little Rock Arkansas US
3293 01/20/07 Lyerly, Sean E. Captain 31 U.S. Army Texas Army National Guard’s 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Pflugerville Texas US
3292 01/20/07 Langarica, Victor M. Corporal 29 U.S. Army 86th Signal Battalion Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Decatur Georgia US
3291 01/20/07 Lake, Floyd E. Staff Sergeant 43 U.S. Army Virgin Islands Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) St. Thomas Virgin Islands US
3290 01/20/07 Canegata, David C. Lieutenant Colonel 50 U.S. Army National Guard Virgin Islands Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) St. Croix Virgin Islands US
3289 01/20/07 Brown, John G. Sergeant 1st Class 43 U.S. Army National Guard 1st Bn, 185th Aviation Reg (Air Assault), 77th Aviation Brigade Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Little Rock Arkansas US
3288 01/20/07 Gabbard, Marilyn L. Sergeant Major 46 U.S. Army Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Polk City Iowa US
3287 01/20/07 Allgood, Brian D. Colonel 46 U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade, European Regional Medical Command Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Not reported yet Oklahoma US
3286 01/20/07 Kelly, Paul M. Colonel 45 U.S. Army National Guard Joint Force Headquarters of the Virginia Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Stafford Virginia US
3285 01/20/07 Booker, Daryl D. Staff Sergeant 37 U.S. Army National Guard 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Midlothian Virginia US
3284 01/20/07 Haller, Roger W. Command Sergeant Major 49 U.S. Army National Guard 70th Regiment, Regional Training Institute - Maryland, Maryland Army National Guard Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Davidsonville Maryland US
3283 01/20/07 Taylor, Michael Captain 40 U.S. Army National Guard 1st BN, 185th Aviation Regiment (Air Assault), 77th Aviation Brigade
Left off last KIA in above post.
'Hostile - helicopter crash Baghdad (north of) Little Rock Arkansas US'
RIP - Prayers for the families.
Link to an article about another casualty of this incident: Command Sergeant Major Marilyn Gabbard; the first female Iowa National Guard member to attain her rank:
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS/70124008/1001&lead=1
RIP, Corporal Langarica. Prayers for your loved ones.
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