A New York state trooper and another New York soldier have been identified as two of the three people killed in a National Guard helicopter crash near the southern border.

John M. Grassia III, 30, who served in NYSP’s Troop G, was serving with the National Guard in Texas when the chopper went down on Friday, killing him, a fellow local National Guard soldier and a border patrol agent, The New York State Troopers PBA announced.