Marine helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

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6. Marine, native of Iowa, dies in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Marine Master Sgt. Travis Riddick, a Centerville native, was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, his parents told The Des Moines Register. He was 40.

Riddick joined the U.S. Marines Corps after graduating from Centerville High School in 1990.

“I guess we’re kind of a Marine Corps family,” said Riddick’s father, John Riddick of Mount Pleasant. “My dad was a Marine, my brother was a Marine, I was a Marine, his cousins were Marines.”

Travis Riddick served three tours of duty in Iraq and two in Afghanistan, his parents said.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120121/NEWS/301210034/-1/ENT05/Marine-native-Iowa-dies-helicopter-crash-Afghanistan