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Plane Crash Kills Seven Soldiers at Ft. Benning Maneuvers
An Army troop carrier crashed near Ridgeway on Hawk Star I maneuvers killing seven soldiers and injuring 22 aboard or on the ground. The aircraft from Ft. Benning Ga. veered after an engine failure and struck a fence before bursting into flames. Survivors included specialists and lieutenants among the 20 from Ft. Benning.
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FT. Jackson
I.c
Cupid
Ft. Benning
Walter Vance
Delta
Ohio
Leon Hart
Hartsville
S.C
10Th Air Transport Brigade
Ith Air Assault Division
Ronald Frank Estes
Charles Doran Martin
Columbus
Robert Gene Das