{"id":13677,"date":"2017-08-31T23:44:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/31\/remaining-two-soldiers-declared-dead-after-army-black-hawk-crash-in-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:43:53","slug":"remaining-two-soldiers-declared-dead-after-army-black-hawk-crash-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2017\/08\/31\/remaining-two-soldiers-declared-dead-after-army-black-hawk-crash-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaining two soldiers declared dead after Army Black Hawk crash in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sixteen days after their UH-60 Black Hawk crashed off the island of Oahu, the two remaining crewmembers have been declared dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army officials on Thursday evening announced they have changed the duty status of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Woeber and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Cantrell from whereabouts unknown to deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change was made after Brig. Gen. James Iacocca, the Army adjutant general, approved the results of a 25th Infantry Division administrative investigation into the soldiers\u2019 personnel status, officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 25th Infantry Division conducted the administrative investigation to determine the soldiers\u2019 status after extensive search and rescue efforts by the Army, Coast Guard, Navy and multiple local and state agencies, officials said in the statement. The search was unsuccessful and was called off Aug. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woeber and Cantrell were two of the five crewmembers onboard the Black Hawk when it crashed Aug. 15 during a night training mission off Kaena Point, the Army said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First Lt. Kathryn Bailey, left, Staff Sgt. Abigail Milam, center, and Sgt. Michael Nelson, right, were declared dead Aug. 26, 2017, 11 days after the Black Hawk helicopter they were on crashed off the coast of Hawaii.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First Lt. Kathryn Bailey, Staff Sgt. Abigail Milam and Sgt. Michael Nelson were declared dead on Aug. 26 after analysis of organic matter discovered among recovered debris matched their DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\t