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ROCHESTER â Sadness and mourning, tears and honor.
Hundreds of people attended a Friday memorial honoring and remembering three soldiers killed last month when their helicopter crashed in Ontario County.
Christian Koch, Steven Skoda and Daniel Prial died Jan. 20 when their UH-60 Blackhawk crashed off West Bloomfield Road in Mendon. They had been on a routine training mission.
An afternoon service was conducted Friday inside the Army Aviation Facility in Rochester.
âIt is really just a ceremony to celebrate their lives and recognize what they have done,â Bravo Company, 642 Commander Maj. Mike Jamieson said.
Chief Warrant Officers Steven Skoda, Christian Koch and Daniel Prial are remembered during a memorial service on Friday in Rochester. The three National Guard soldiers were killed during a routine training mission in Mendon on Jan. 20. Courtesy of the Army National Guard