One of Army's newest officers killed in Texas A and M Blackhawk crash

Texas A&M Black Hawk crash kills 1, injures 4

By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jan 13, 2009 15:26:21 EST

One month after receiving his commission, 2nd Lt. Zachary Cook, one of the Army’s newest officers, was killed on the same campus where he received his degree.

Cook, 22, of Lufkin, Texas, was in the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed Monday in a field on the campus of Texas A&M University. Cook, who was planning to be a pilot, received his commission Dec. 12.

Four other soldiers, all members of the air crew and the Texas National Guard, were injured.

The four Guard soldiers, a chief warrant officer 2, a first lieutenant and two sergeants, are assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, said Col. Bill Meehan, a spokesman for the Texas Guard.

The company, based in Austin, belongs to the Guard’s 36th Combat Aviation Brigade.

The helicopter crashed at about 3:30 p.m. near the Corps of Cadets field on the school’s College Station campus, 100 miles northwest of Houston, according to the Associated Press.
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