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Body Of Fallen Soldier Returns To Idaho

By News Team

Published April 30, 2012 7:38 AM

The remains of an Army soldier who was killed in Black Hawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan were returned to his family in Rupert, Idaho.

Thirty-three-year-old Sgt. Chris J. Workman died April 19 when the helicopter he was in crashed in bad weather during a night flight in southern Afghanistan.

Workman’s body was transferred to his family during a private honorable transfer ceremony at Boise’s Gowen Field on Monday.

A public funeral service is scheduled for Thursday in Eagle, and a public interment is set for Friday in Rupert.

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Information from: The Times-News, http://www.magicvalley.com

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