THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, October 27, 1996              TAG: 9610270311
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A2   EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: BY JACK DORSEY, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   60 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** Due to incorrect information supplied to the newspaper, the name of Petty Officer 1st Class Steven M. Voigt, a Navy SEAL commando killed last month in a helicopter crash in the Persian Gulf, was misspelled in several stories. Correction published Thursday, November 7, 1996. ***************************************************************** ONE OF TWO MISSING IN ENTERPRISE COPTER CRASH IS LITTLE CREEK SEAL HE IS IDENTIFIED AS PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS STEVEN MARK VOIGHT OF SEAL TEAM 8.

A SEAL based at Little Creek Naval Amphibious base is one of two men still missing Saturday from the crash Friday of a Navy helicopter assigned to the carrier Enterprise in the Persian Gulf.

The SEAL was identified as Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Mark Voight, a member of SEAL Team 8 at Little Creek. His home is listed as Waverly, Ga.

Also missing was Lt. Cmdr. Jeffry Allen Hilliard, a native of Orange Park, Fla., one of the two pilots of the HH-60H Seahawk helicopter. He is assigned to Helicopter Support Squadron 15, based at Jacksonville, Fla.

Lt. Robert Scott Wood Jr. of Marion, Mass., the other pilot, was confirmed dead in the crash. His body has been recovered, Navy officials said.

Six of the nine others found after the accident have been treated for various injuries aboard the Enterprise and released. Two remain hospitalized aboard the ship and are in stable condition. The ninth was flown ashore for treatment and also is in stable condition.

No identification of the injured men was given, pending notification of relatives, said Senior Chief Ted Brown, a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet.

The search continues in the northern Persian Gulf, about 140 miles southeast of Kuwait City, where the helicopter went down about 11:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. Norfolk time) Friday. The helicopter had been on a training mission, operating about 10 miles from the ship.

Seven or eight of the injured men also may be from SEAL Team 8 at Little Creek.

Navy officials indicated earlier that SEAL team members had been scheduled to perform ship-boarding exercises, in which sailors rappel down ropes dropped from the helicopter to a ship below.

The maneuver has been used several times, particularly in the Persian Gulf, where the Navy is required to investigate ships carrying illegal cargo or violating other sanctions imposed by the United Nations.

Such exercises are usually performed by SEAL team members.

The Enterprise, based in Norfolk, is four months into its six-month overseas deployment. It is scheduled to return home just before Christmas.

The helicopter was part of Carrier Air Wing 17, which arrived in the gulf with the Enterprise Sept. 9 to take part in Operation Southern Watch.

The operation is designed to enforce a no-fly zone over southern Iraq that was set up by the United States and its allies to protect the area's Shiite Muslims from Saddam Hussein's army. MEMO: The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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