KABUL, Afghanistan – Three civilians killed when a U.S. military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan last week were employees of Halliburton Co., the U.S. military said Wednesday. Fifteen U.S. service members also were killed.
A military statement identified the civilian victims as Ronald Wade, 46, of Emory, Texas; Lance Bret Taylor, 56, of Spring Valley, Calif.; and Sy Jason Lucio, 28, of Clyde, Ohio. All worked for Halliburton subsidiary KBR.
The Houston-based oilfield services company said Mr. Wade was a foreman and Mr. Lucio an electrician.
The CH-47 Chinook crashed in an April 6 sandstorm about 80 miles south of Kabul. It was the deadliest incident for Americans in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
The helicopter crashed while returning to the main U.S. base at Bagram from a mission to deliver mail and supplies and transport personnel in the insurgency-plagued south. The charred wreckage was found in an area of desert near a cluster of brick kilns.
Officials reported no sign of enemy fire and suggested bad visibility and strong winds may have caused a fatal pilot error or technical problem.
Vice President Dick Cheney was Halliburton's chairman from 1995 to 2000.
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