More detail on this person: HUNTER ARMY
AIRFIELD, Ga. (UPI) - Three Army men were killed
Friday when their helicopter crashed and burned in
a wooded area near here. Their deaths brought to
nine the number of servicemen killed in air
mishaps at the northeast Georgia airbase since
last August.
Authorities said the UH-1 aircraft was on a
routine training mission when it crashed some 20
miles from Savannah in Effingham County. Killed
was 2nd Lt. Kenneth W. Birdwell, 28, of Savannah
Beach. An Army spokesman said Birdwell was a
student pilot. Identities of the other two
victims were withheld pending notification of next
of kin.
UH-1D accident during training at Hunter with CPT
F.J. Silvert and 1LT W.R. Woody.
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