Fort Campbell pilot killed in accident survived Iraq and Afghanistan deployments

Fort Campbell pilot killed in accident described as leader
Leaf Chronicle
Written by Shawn Cohen
The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News
Jan. 20, 2014

CORTLANDT, N.Y. — The member of an elite U.S. Army helicopter unit who was killed last week in a Blackhawk helicopter training accident in Savannah, Ga., will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery after family and friends gather for a funeral expected to be held in New York on Saturday.

"We have lost not only a member of our church, but a gifted young man many of us thought would become a great leader and a national treasure," said Pastor Jacob Dharmaraj of Shrub Oak United Methodist Church, where Army Capt. Clayton Carpenter was active as a child and continued to attend services as an adult in his military uniform.

His death during a training exercise, stateside, came as a particular shock because Carpenter had survived tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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