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Mon, Nov 10, 2003

Black Hawk KIA Named

More Names Join The List Of Our Honored Dead

ANN has previously reported the tragic details of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down Nov. 7, 2003, in Tikrit, Iraq. The Black Hawk was shot down by unknown enemy ordnance. The DOD has released some of the names of the fallen.

They are:

  • Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth [female], 43, of Virginia.
    Swartworth was the regimental warrant officer for the Judge Advocate General Office, based at Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon.
  • Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Kyran E. Kennedy, 43, of Boston, Mass.
  • Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff II, 30, of Fort Mill, S.C.
  • Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, of Fayetteville, N.C.
  • Kennedy, Neff and Rose were assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.

There were six soldiers killed in action aboard the Black Hawk helicopter. Two soldiers' names are still pending next-of-kin notification.

These incidents are under investigation.

FMI: www.dod.mil

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