The seven airmen who died after their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near the Syrian border in I

The seven airmen who died after their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near the Syrian border in Iraq have been identified by the Department of Defense.

The Department of Defense announced late Saturday that among the seven fatalities was Capt. Mark K. Weber, 29, from Colorado Springs, Colo. He was assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.

Four members of the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in New York were also killed.

They were Capt. Andreas B. O'Keeffe, 37, of Center Moriches, N.Y.;Capt. Christopher T. Zanetis, 37, of Long Island City, N.Y.; Master Sgt. Christopher J. Raguso, 39, of Commack, N.Y.; and Staff Sgt. Dashan J. Briggs, 30, of Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.