Airman from Streamwood dies after workplace incident at Alaska base: Department of Defense

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Airman from Illinois dies after incident at Alaska base: Defense Dept.
Charles Crumlett, an airman from Streamwood, Illinois, has died after a workplace incident at an Alaska base, the Department of Defense said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An airman from Streamwood, Illinois died last week after a workplace incident at a base in Alaska.

The Department of Defense said 25-year-old Staff Sergeant Charles Crumlett had lived in Alaska for just over a month.

He worked on many of the military's most advanced fighter jets.

Details around his death have not been released. Further information was not immediately available.

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