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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Service members involved in UH-60 crash identifiedPublished March 16, 2015
                    
                    By Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs
            **EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) --**It is with a heavy heart that the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, U.S. Special Operations Command and the Louisiana National Guard formally announced the names of the seven Marines and four Soldiers who died in an Army UH-60 Black Hawk crash near Eglin Air Force Base, at approximately 8:30 p.m., March 10.They include:Marine Capt. Stanford H. Shaw, III, 31, from Basking Ridge, New JerseyMaster Sgt. Thomas A. Saunders, 33, from Williamsburg, VirginiaStaff Sgt. Marcus S. Bawol, 26, from Warren, MichiganStaff Sgt. Trevor P. Blaylock, 29, from Lake Orion, MichiganStaff Sgt. Liam A. Flynn, 33, from Queens, New YorkStaff Sgt. Kerry M. Kemp, 27, from Port Washington, WisconsinStaff Sgt. Andrew C. Seif, 26, from Holland, MichiganArmy Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr, 37Chief Warrant Officer 4 George David Strother, 44Staff Sgt. Lance Bergeron, 40Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, 26Recovery efforts for the UH-60 began March 13. Once the aircraft has been removed from the water, the recovery operations are expected to be turned over to a safety investigation board. The effort will be led by the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center from Fort Rucker, Alabama.*(Information for this story was contributed by Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs, Release Number: 050315; Capt. Barry J. Morris, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command; and the Louisiana National Guard)*Black Hawk 



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