Army Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds

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Army Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds, 37, of Rock, W.Va.

SSgt Reynolds was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; died Aug. 14, 2007 in Taqaddum, Iraq, of injuries suffered when his helicopter crashed. Also killed were Chief Warrant Officer Christopher C. Johnson, Jackie L. McFarlane, Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher and Spc. Steven R. Jewell.

Daily Mail - Charleston -- A Mercer County man was among five U.S. service members killed when their helicopter crashed during a routine post-maintenance test flight in Iraq, the Department of Defense said.

The CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed near Taqaddum air base on Tuesday. Among the victims was Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds, 37, of Lashmeet.

Reynolds was a truck driver before enlisting in the military more than five years ago. His late father was a Marine who served in Vietnam.

"He wanted to serve his country the way his father did,'' Anthony Masters, a family spokesman, said Thursday night.

Reynolds, who was married with three children ages 8, 6 and 4, left for Iraq in early July for a 15-month deployment, his second overseas, Masters said.

The Defense Department identified the other victims as Chief Warrant Officer Christopher C. Johnson, 31, of Michigan; Chief Warrant Officer Jackie L. McFarlane Jr, 30, Virginia Beach, Va.; Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher, 29, of Santee, Calif.; and Spc. Steven R. Jewell, 26, of Bridgeton, N.C.

They were part of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Army Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds was killed in action on 8/14/07.