⁍ The U.S. Army on Saturday identified two soldiers who were killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash while training in Southern California as Staff Sgt. Vincent Marketta and Sgt. Tyler Shelton.

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⁍ Both soldiers died and three other service members were injured in the accident Thursday at a military training base on San Clemente Island.

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⁍ The Army deaths come about a month after seven Marines and one Navy sailor died after a Navy amphibious assault vehicle sank in several hundred feet of water during an exercise off the same island July 30.

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– Two US Army soldiers were killed Thursday during a training exercise on California’s San Clemente Island, Reuters reports. Staff Sgt. Vincent Marketta, 33, and Sgt. Tyler Shelton, 22, were assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. “The loss of Staff Sgt Marketta and Sgt. Shelton has left a scar in this regiment that will never completely heal,” Col. Andrew Graham, their commander, said in a statement. “Our priority now is to ensure that the families of our fallen warriors receive complete support as we work through this tragedy together.”