SEATTLE (AP/Gray News) — Officials have identified four U.S. Army soldiers who died when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed Wednesday near a military base in Washington state, Army officials said.

The helicopter was on a routine training mission west of Joint Base Lewis-McChord when it crashed at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said.

The soldiers were part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Airborne, officials said – an elite team that does nighttime missions.

The fallen soldiers have been identified as :

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Cully, 35, from Sparta, MO

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Kraus, 39, from Sanibel, FL

U.S. Army Sgt. Donavon Scott, 25, from Tacoma, WA

U.S. Army Sgt.

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