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(CNN) -- The U.S. military on Saturday released the names of the 16 service members killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this week. Eight were Special Operations soldiers and eight were Navy SEALs.

Eight soldiers assigned to the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia:

Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio

Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minnesota.

Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Florida

Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Indiana

Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tennessee

Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Connecticut.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Virginia

Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Florida

8 Navy SEALs:

Chief Petty Officer Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana

Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, New Hampshire

Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, California

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Oregon

Lt. Michael M. McGreevy, Jr., 30, of Portville, New York

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Florida

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, West Virginia

Petty Officer Second Class Eric Shane Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nevada

Healy, Patton and Suh were assigned to SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fontan, Kristensen, Lucas, McGreevy and Taylor were assigned to SEAL Team Ten, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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