{"id":18596,"date":"2022-03-21T00:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T00:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/21\/4-us-marines-killed-in-osprey-accident-in-norway-identified\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:38:10","slug":"4-us-marines-killed-in-osprey-accident-in-norway-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/03\/21\/4-us-marines-killed-in-osprey-accident-in-norway-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"4 US Marines killed in Norway Osprey crash identified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four Marines, based out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, were killed Friday when their MV-22 Osprey crashed under stormy weather conditions in northern Norway, the Marine Corps confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marines, all with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, were 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marines were in Norway as part of the large biannual NATO exercise Cold Response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Marine Corps assistance, the bodies of the four Marines were able to be recovered and are currently being transported to the United States, according to a Sunday statement from II Marine Expeditionary Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\t