A member of the US service killed in a plane crash on the Philippines identified as a Marine from California
A member of the United States that was Killed together with three defense contractors When their small plane crashed on the Philippines, they were identified as a Marine from California.
SGT. Jacob M. Durham died on Thursday when the aircraft contracted by the US Army conducted a routine mission “providing intelligence, supervision and reconnaissance support at the request of our Filipin allies,” said Camp Pandleton officers in California.
The statement did not include Durham’s age and the California city from which it was. The officials did not immediately respond to the E -Poruke Associated Press in which he sought this information.
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US Pacific Command Command Public Affairs on Thursday announced that the flight was part of the routine mission “in support of the US-A-Filipin security activities,” and that there were only four people on the plane. The aircraft crashed into a rice field near Ampatuan, small municipalities in the southern province of Maguindanao del Sur.
Officials said the cause of the collision was under investigation.
The Filipin Civil Aviation Directorate confirmed the collision of a light aircraft in the Maguindanao del Sur province. The bodies of four people were drawn from the wreck in Ampatuan, said Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto, Maguindanao del Sur Safety Officer.
For decades, US forces have been arranged in a Philippine military camp in the south of the country to help provision of training and advice to the Philippine forces fighting Muslim militants. In the region, the home of Muslims is minority in the mainly Roman Catholic nation.
Windy Beaty, a provincial disaster mitigation officer, said Associated Press on Thursday that she had received reports that the inhabitants saw smoke from the plane and heard the explosion before the aircraft fell on the ground about half a mile from the fever of rural houses.
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Officials said Durham is a charged bedroom as an electronic analyst for intelligence/electromagnetic wars awarded 1. Radio Battalian, I Inforuets Group Marine Expeditioner Force. He joined the Marines in January 2021 and was promoted to his current ranking on February 1.
Durham’s awards include a Navy and Navy Corps Medal, a Navy Leading Medal, a National Defense Medal, a deserving mast and Navy Aircrew Insignia, officials said.
“Sgt. Durham embodied the highest tradition of the sea corpus – such as compassion, intelligence and selfless leadership,” said Lieutenant Mabel B. Annunziata, commander of the 1st Radio Battalion. “He was deeply appreciated and loved by his Marines.”
