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Marine Corps identifies 4 killed in NATO exercise crash

PRE News & Ideas
Published March 21, 2022 at 11:11 AM EDT
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, a wreath was placed at the Freedom Fountain in Jacksonville, NC by members of the Onslow Civic Affairs Committee to honor the four Marines who died in the Osprey crash in Norway.
City of Jacksonville
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, a wreath was placed at the Freedom Fountain in Jacksonville, NC by members of the Onslow Civic Affairs Committee to honor the four Marines who died in the Osprey crash in Norway.

The U.S. Marine Corps has identified the four Marines who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed Friday night in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise. All four were assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing stationed on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. They are Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Capt. Ross A. Reynolds, 27, of Leominster, Massachusetts; Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy, 30, of Cambridge, Ohio; and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore, 24, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.