FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.—Fort Campbell planned to hold a memorial ceremony on Wednesday for four soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Colorado last week.
Maj. Brandon Bissell, a spokesman for the soldiers’ unit, said the ceremony was not open to the public. Family members of the soldiers asked for privacy as they grieve.
Those killed were Chief Warrant Officers 4 Terrance Geer, 40, of Casper, Wyo.; and Robert Johnson, 41, of Seattle; and Staff Sgts. Paul Jackson, 33, of Lancaster, Md., and Chad Tucker, 28, of Titusville, Fla.
They were members of an elite special operations unit called the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the Night Stalkers for their training at flying in the dark.
Army officials said the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed Aug. 19 while conducting mountain and environmental training near Colorado’s second-highest summit, Mount Massive.
The Black Hawk’s flight recorder was recovered and an investigation team from Fort Rucker, Ala., was still gathering evidence from the crash site, said Jennifer Albert, an Army spokeswoman.
Albert said it could take up to 90 days before the cause of the crash can be released.
