More detail on this person: While with 11
TRANS in Germany, his CH-34 crashed near
Paderborn during an allied training exercise.
Hoosier Soldier Killed in Germany BOEBLINGEN,
Germany (UPI) -The U. S. Army today identified
three soldiers killed when their helicopter
crashed and burned near Paderborn last Friday.
One of them was Lt. Gerald V. Belcher, Evansville,
Ind. According to an Army spokesman, the CH34
helicopter belonging to the U. S. 7th Army Support
Command was engaged in a training exercise.
West German police said the craft crashed in a
blinding snowstorm not far from a farmhouse about
seven miles southeast of Paderborn in the State of
West- phala. Cause of the crash was under
investigation. The other victims were identified
as CWO Joe W. Boyd, Kennett, Mo., and Spec.
Jerry F. David, Nederland, Tex.
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