‘We will miss him dearly’: Mom identifies Marine killed in San Diego County chopper crash

One of the five U.S. Marines killed in Tuesday’s helicopter crash in San Diego County has been identified, the Marine’s family confirmed to NBC 7 on Thursday. Sgt. Alec Langen, 23, of Chandler, Arizona, was aboard the CH-53E helicopter that went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego, according to his mother, Caryn Langen.

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