US Navy identifies five sailors who died in helicopter crash in Pacific Ocean

MH-60S crashed about 70 miles off San Diego during what the Navy described as routine flight operations on 31 August

The US Navy on Sunday identified five sailors who died when a helicopter crashed in the Pacific Ocean off of Southern California.

They were Lt Bradley A Foster, 29, a pilot from Oakhurst, California; Lt Paul R Fridley, 28, a pilot from Annandale, Virginia; Naval air crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class James P Buriak, 31, from Salem, Virginia; hospital corpsman 2nd Class Sarah F Burns, 31, from Severna Park, Maryland and hospital corpsman 3rd Class Bailey J Tucker, 21, from St Louis, Missouri.

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