President Rodrigo Duterte pays his final respects to some of the fallen soldiers from the deadly plane crash in Sulu. AFP PAO
MANILA, Philippines — The remains of eight more military personnel who were killed in the July 4 crash of a C-130 transport plane in Sulu have been identified, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Sunday.
The AFP, in a statement, said that with the identification of the eight military personnel, the bodies of 28 crash victims have so far been identified. The AFP earlier released a list of fatalities with the bodies yet to be identified.
The eight newly identified military personnel killed in the crash are:
PFC Carlos D Dapanas Jr PA
PFC Keth Kane S Alegarme PA
PFC Marchi E Bonzales PA
PFC Philip Dante T Camilosa PA
Cpl Jay-ar V Obenita PA
Pvt. Archie S Barba PA
Pvt. Carlos Jhun C Paragua Jr PA
TSg Nelson B Hadjiri PA
Earlier, 20 military personnel killed in the crash were identified:
Maj. Emmanuel Makalintal
Maj. Michael Vincent Benolerao
1st Lt. Joseph Hintay
Technical Sgt. Mark Anthony Agana
Technical Sgt. Donald Badoy
Staff Sgt. Jan Neil Macapaz
Staff Sgt. Michael Bulalaque
Sgt. Jack Navarro
A1C Fortunate Regidor
Sgt. Butch Maestro
PFC Christopher Rollon
PFC Felixzalday Provido
Pvt. Raymar Carmona
Pvt. Vic Monera
Pvt. Mark Nash Lumanta
Pvt. Jomar Gabas
Pvt. Marcelino Alquisar
Pvt. Mel Mark Angana
Capt. Higello Emeterio (AFP Medical Corps)
1st Lt. Sheena Alexandria Tato (AFP Nurse Corps)
“The families of the recently identified soldiers were already officially informed,” the AFP said in a statement.
The AFP said it is already arranging air and land transport to bring the remains of the crash victims to their relatives.
The military added that it is having a hard time identifying the bodies of the crash victims as many of them were badly burned.
Killed in the crash were 47 military personnel aboard the C-130 plane and three civilians on the ground.