Associated Press - January 29, 2009 1:24 PM ET

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) - The Pentagon has released the names of the four Fort Drum-based soldiers who died when two helicopters crashed in Iraq this week.

The Defense Department says 35-year-old Philip Windorski Jr., of Bovey, Minn.; 30-year-old Matthew Kelley of Cameron, Mo.; 31-year-old Joshua Tillery of Beaverton, Ore.; and 29-year-old Benjamin Todd of Colville, Wash., died from wounds suffered Monday when two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters crashed in Kirkuk.

All were 10th Mountain Division chief warrant officers. The Defense Department says the cause of the crash is under investigation, but it did not appear to be the result of an attack.

According to Fort Drum's Web site, 124 10th Mountain Division soldiers have died of combat and noncombat injuries in Iraq.

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