A member of the US service who was died with three defensive contractors When their small plane crashed in the Philippines, the Marine California Marine.
Sergeant. Jacob M. Darem died on Thursday, when the aircraft contracting US military personnel conducted a regular mission, “providing exploration, observation and support at the request of our Philippine Allies,” officials said in California's camp in California.
The statement did not include the age of Darem and the California city from where it was. Officials did not immediately respond to the Associated Press emails asking for this information.
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In the US press release, the Indo-Pacific Command said in a press release that the flight was part of the usual mission “in support of US security cooperation activities” and that there were only four people aboard the aircraft. The aircraft crashed into a rice field near the Amptucthan, a small municipality in the southern province of Magiindanao -Del -Sur.
Officials said the cause of the disaster was under the investigation.
The Philippine Civil Aviation Office confirmed the light aircraft disaster in the Magiindanao -Del -Sur province. The bodies of the four people were obtained from the debris in the city of Ampiuayan, said America Jahad Tim Ambolodto, a security officer of the Mohewindanao -Del -Serge.
For decades, US forces have been located in the Philippine Military Camp in the south to help the training and advice of the Philippine forces fight Muslim militants. Muslims live in the region in many ways the Roman Catholic nation.
Herry Beatty, a provincial disaster officer, told the Associated Press on Thursday that the residents saw the smoke coming from the plane and heard the blast before the plane fell to the ground about half a mile from the peasant houses.
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Officials said Darem was trained as an analyst of electronic intelligence/electromagnetic war intended in the 1st radio battalion, and a maritime expedition group. He joined the Marines in January 2021 and was covered in the current rank of February 1.
Darem awards include the Maritime Infantry Medal and the Marine Corps, a medal with good Marine Corps, the National Defense Service medal, the well -deserved mast and signs of military crews, officials said.
“The friend Dare we embodied the highest traditions of the Marines – an example of well -being, exploration and selfless leadership,” said Lieutenant Colonel Mabel B. Annentsat, commander of the 1st Radio Battalion. “He was deeply respected and loved by his colleagues of the Marines.”