Travis D. Pfister
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Age: 27
From: Richland, Wash.
Assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Travis D. Pfister died Feb. 7 when the helicopter he was flying in crashed while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker, Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, Cpl. Thomas E. Saba, Sgt. James R. Tijerina, Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Gilbert Minjares Jr. and Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz.
Died: February 07, 2007
DoD names Marines killed in CH-46 crash
By Kimberly Johnson
Staff writer
Defense officials announced Monday the names of five Marines killed when the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter they were in crashed in western Iraq.
The Feb. 7 crash, which is still under investigation, was the fifth such incident to occur in Iraq in less than a month.
Capt Jennifer J. Harris, 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker, Sgts. Travis D. Pfister and James R. Tijerina, and Cpl. Thomas E. Saba died when their helicopter went down near Fallujah in Anbar province.
All of the leathernecks except Saba were assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364. Saba was assigned to Okinawa, Japan-based Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262.
Two Navy corpsmen were also killed in the crash, according to the Defense Department: Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Gilbert Minjares Jr. of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point,...