--- description: They were supporting post-earthquake relief efforts. title: Six U.S. Marines Killed in Nepal Helicopter Crash Identified image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730aae351249631a/69884ce93c163979e84578e9/nepal-helicopter-crash-recovery.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nepal](/tag/nepal/) ## Nepal Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Six U.S. Marines Killed in Nepal Helicopter Crash Identified by [Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2015 6:19 PM CUT  Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right, speaks during a press meet in Kathmandu, on May 15, 2015. Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right, speaks during a press meet in Kathmandu, on May 15, 2015.Niranjan Shrestha—AP by [Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2015 6:19 PM CUT The six U.S. Marines who died in a helicopter crash while supporting earthquake relief efforts in Nepal were identified Sunday morning. Capt. Dustin R. Lukasiewicz of Nebraska; Capt. Christopher L. Norgren of Kansas; Sgt. Ward M. Johnson IV of Florida; Sgt. Eric M. Seaman of California; Cpl. Sara A. Medina of Illinois and Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Hug of Arizona were all killed when their UH-1Y Huey helicopter went down near Charikot, Nepal, Tuesday, according to the [U.S. military](https://www.dvidshub.net/news/163575/joint-task-force-505-identifies-six-marines-helicopter-accident?sub%5Fid=0&utm%5Fcampaign=subscriptions&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=0&utm%5Fcontent=asset%5Flink#.VViVNflVhBc "undefined"). Two Nepalese service members — identified by the Nepalese Army as Tapendra Rawal and Basanta Titara, according to The Associated Press — also died in the crash… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/nepal-earthquake/six-u-s-marines-killed-helicopter-crash-over-nepal-identified-n360231 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3881885/marines-nepal-helicopter-crash-identified/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3881885/marines-nepal-helicopter-crash-identified/"},"headline":"Six U.S. Marines Killed in Nepal Helicopter Crash Identified","datePublished":"2015-05-17T18:19:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:23:54.858Z","description":"They were supporting post-earthquake relief efforts","url":"https://time.com/3881885/marines-nepal-helicopter-crash-identified/","keywords":["Nepal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730aae351249631a/69884ce93c163979e84578e9/nepal-helicopter-crash-recovery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt730aae351249631a/69884ce93c163979e84578e9/nepal-helicopter-crash-recovery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right, speaks during a press meet in Kathmandu","caption":"Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, right, speaks during a press meet in Kathmandu","creditText":"Niranjan Shrestha—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nepal/","name":"Nepal"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3881885/marines-nepal-helicopter-crash-identified/","name":"Six U.S. Marines Killed in Nepal Helicopter Crash Identified"}}]}] ```