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Get our free mobile app Kimball, MN (KROC-AM News) - A memorial to the Minnesota National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash a year and a half ago will be officially dedicated this afternoon. The National Guard says James Rogers, Charles Nord, and Kort Plantenberg lost their lives on December 5, 2019, when a National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a routine maintenance test flight. They were members of Charlie Company 2-211th General Support Aviation Brigade, which is an air...

The couple who made a memorial at the site were also honored with a Public Service Commendation Medal.

Pixabay (KNSI) – A Minnesota Army National Guard Fallen Soldiers Memorial will be dedicated this weekend to three soldiers from a St. Cloud unit killed in a helicopter crash. The dedication ceremony in honor of James Rogers, Charles Nord, and Kort Plantenberg is Sunday, at 1:00 p.m. at 18565 County Road 48, Kimball, MN 55353. On December 5, 2019, a routine maintenance test flight ended in a Black Hawk crash killing all three members on board. The Soldiers were members of Charlie Company, 2-21...

Memorial Dedication Ceremony Planned for Fallen Soldiers Get our free mobile app The Minnesota Army National Guard Fallen Soldiers memorial will honor James Rogers, Charles Nord and Kort Plantenberg. On December 5th 2019, the soldiers were on a routine maintenance test flight in a Black Hawk when the helicopter crashed in a field. Shortly after the crash, the property owners Helen and Larry Krippner, put plans in action to turn the site into a public memorial. During the ceremony, Minnesota Nat...