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

DATE: Tuesday, October 29, 1996             TAG: 9610290273
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   45 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. ***************************************************************** BODY RECOVERED IN PERSIAN GULF OF NAVY SEAL BASED IN NORFOLK

Divers have recovered the body of a Norfolk-based Navy SEAL commando who had been missing from Friday's crash of a helicopter assigned to the carrier Enterprise in the Persian Gulf.

Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Mark Voight, a member of SEAL Team 8 at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, was found during the weekend in the Persian Gulf, said Senior Chief Ted Brown, an Atlantic Fleet spokesman, on Monday.

The only crew member who remained missing Monday was one of two pilots aboard the HH-60H Seahawk helicopter, Lt. Cmdr. Jeffry Allen Hilliard, a native of Orange Park, Fla.

Divers were forced to suspend their search on Sunday because of poor weather, Brown said. But another Navy spokesman said the divers inspected the helicopter's underwater wreckage and found no remains in the craft.

Lt. Robert Scott Wood Jr. of Marion, Mass., the other pilot, was confirmed dead in the crash. His body was recovered earlier.

Both Hilliard and Wood were assigned to Helicopter Support Squadron 15, based in Jacksonville, Fla.

Nine others survived the crash, which occurred about 140 miles southeast of Kuwait City. Up to eight of them may also be members of SEAL Team 8. The Navy has not identified them.

Navy spokesmen said the service has not determined the cause of the crash, which occurred as the chopper returned to the Norfolk-based Enterprise from a training mission several miles away.

They did say that the service had ruled out any hostile action.

KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT MILITARY ACCIDENT HELICOPTER FATALITIES by CNB