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Funerals are set for three Minnesota National Guardsmen killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter last week.

Chief Warrant Officers James Rogers Jr., 28, and Charles Nord, 30, and Sgt. Kort Plantenberg, 28, were killed Thursday when their 

 southwest of St. Cloud during a routine maintenance test flight.

Services for Plantenberg will be held Thursday at St. John's Abbey Church in Collegeville. Rogers will be remembered Sunday at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School. Nord's funeral will be held Monday at Perham High School.

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Services are set for three Minnesota National Guardsmen killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter last week.

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