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Five soldiers killed in crash were from HunterThe Department of Defense announced Thursday the death
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The Department of Defense announced Thursday the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 26 of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were riding in crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.  
Five soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield, near Savannah.
The other two soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg.
They were Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery, 36, of Savannah; Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons, 40, of Spokane, Wash.; Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, of Terrell, Texas; Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Reno, Nev.; Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, Wis.; Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego, and Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, of Medford, N.Y.
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