THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 31, 1996            TAG: 9610310301
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   37 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Due to incorrect information supplied to the newspaper, the name of Petty Officer 1st Class Steven M. Voigt, a Navy SEAL commando killed last month in a helicopter crash in the Persian Gulf, was misspelled in several stories. Correction published Thursday, November 7, 1996. ***************************************************************** NAVY RECOVERS BODY OF THIRD TO DIE IN CRASH IN PERSIAN GULF

Divers have recovered the body of a Florida-based pilot from the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed Friday in the Persian Gulf, killing two other men and injuring nine.

The body of Lt. Cmdr. Jeffry Allen Hilliard, a native of Orange Park, Fla., was found Wednesday.

Hilliard, assigned to Helicopter Support Squadron 15 in Jacksonville, Fla., was flying from the Norfolk-based carrier Enterprise about 140 miles southeast of Kuwait City.

Also killed were Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Mark Voight, a member of SEAL Team 8 at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk, and Lt. Robert Scott Wood Jr. of Marion, Mass., the other pilot. Their bodies were recovered earlier.

Of those who survived, none suffered life-threatening injuries and most have returned to duty, the Navy said.

The crash is under investigation.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT MILITARY ACCIDENT PLANE HELICOPTERS

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