US Army Names a Five Americans Killed in Crash

The United States Army has named a 5 Americans who were killed in a helicopter pile-up on Nov. 12, 2020. The Americans were partial of a peacekeeping section portion in Egypt. They were among a 7 members killed in a southern segment of a Sinai Peninsula.

5 Americans Identified by a Army

The U.S. Army named a 5 victims as:

• Captain Seth Vernon Vandekamp — age 31 and from Katy, Texas;
• Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza — age 34 and from Fayetteville, North Carolina;
• Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour — age 27 and from Marlborough, Massachusetts;
• Staff Sergeant Kyle Robert McKee — age 35 and from Painesville, Ohio;
• Sergeant Jeremy Cain Sherman — age 23 and from Watseka, Illinois.

The pile-up happened in a morning hours of Thursday nearby Sharm el-Sheikh. According to a Czech Defense Ministry, a occurrence was “caused by technical issues.” The Black Hawk helicopter was on a goal to resupply a Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).

Czech authorities have identified one of a other victims as Sergeant Michaela Ticha. She is a initial womanlike Czech infantryman killed in a unfamiliar goal given a Velvet Revolution in 1989. The other plant was a French national. According to a Israel Defense Forces, one American survived a pile-up and was taken to a Israeli sanatorium for medical treatment.

Army Helps Oversee Peace Agreements

As partial of a Camp David Accords of 1978, a MFO oversees a assent agreement reached between Israel and Egypt. The MFO is stoical of 1,150 crew from 13 countries. There are roughly 450 Americans enclosed in their unit.

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After a array of belligerent attacks in 2016, a U.S. has changed a  vast series of their army into protected zones serve south of a area.  They also increasing their use of remote technology, like cameras, to lift out missions.

It has not been reported either or not a helicopter crashed on land or in a sea. This occurrence is underneath investigation. The army will recover some-more information as it is learned.

Written by Sheena Robertson

Sources:

CNN: Army identifies 5 Americans killed in helicopter pile-up involving peacekeeping force in Egypt; Veronica Stracqualursi

CBS: Army identifies 5 American soldiers killed in Egypt helicopter crash; AUDREY MCNAMARA

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