Chopper crash kills 2 soldiers from N.C.
   RALEIGH (AP) - Two North Carolina soldiers declared missing after last week's fiery crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan have been declared dead after their remains were identified, the Pentagon said Friday.
   Staff Sgt. Romanes Woodard, 30, of Hertford and Spc. Michael K. Spivey, 21, of Fayetteville were aboard the CH-47 helicopter Chinook when it crashed April 6 near Ghazni, 80 miles south of the Afghan capital Kabul, the Defense Department said.
   The two soldiers and four others were added to the list of fatalities in the crash, the deadliest for Americans since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
   The military said all 18 U.S. service members and three civilian contractors aboard the helicopter were killed.
   The aircraft crashed as it returned to Bagram, the American base north of Kabul, from a mission to deliver mail and supplies and transport personnel in the insurgency-plagued south.
   Officials reported no sign of enemy fire and suggested bad visibility and strong winds may have caused a fatal, pilot error or technical problem.
   Woodard's job was preparing and serving meals as a member of the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, based at Camp Ederle in Italy. Spivey entered the Army in September 2002 and repaired Chinook helicopters, the Pentagon said.
   Spivey was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, based at Giebelstadt in Germany.

[Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, NC, 16 Apr 2005, Sat,Page 6]

Grave marker for SSgt Romanes Lee Woodard in Melton's Grove Cemetery
Winfall, Perquimans County, North Carolina.

SSgt Woodard was killed in a helicopter crash on April 6, 2005 in Ghazni, Afghanistan.  His awards include the Bronze Star Medal.