
HONOLULU — The wife of a Hawaii-based soldier who died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan remembered her husband as a “true American soldier” who dreamed of flying for the Army.
Sgt. Daniel Lee Galvan, 30, of Moore, Okla., was killed Thursday when the helicopter carrying 15 soldiers and Marines developed mechanical problems and crashed in the troubled Afghan province of Khost.
“My husband didn’t join the military for a paycheck. He joined because he believed in the cause,” Sonya Galvan said Saturday in a statement. “He believed in the military and he was proud to wear the...