Sgt. Tyler Shelton, 22, left, and Staff Sgt. Vincent Marketta, 33, were Black Hawk repairers with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). SAN DIEGO - The U.S.
Army has identified two U.S. soldiers killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash during a training exercise Thursday night in Southern California.Staff Sgt.
Vincent Marketta, 33, of Brick, N.J., and Sgt. Tyler Shelton, 22, of San Bernardino, Calif., were killed in the crash on San Clemente Island and three others on board were injured, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.“The loss of Staff Sgt.
Marketta and Sgt. Shelton has left a scar in this Regiment that will never completely heal,” said Col. Andrew R. Graham, commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation.