2 victims of air tanker crash were from Montana, 1 from Utah

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By The Associated Press

RENO, Nev. - The Washoe County Coroner's Office in Nevada has released the names of the three men who were killed when a firefighting air tanker crashed this week near Reno.

They are 41-year-old Gregory Gonsioroski of Baker, Montana; 25-year-old Zachary Jake Vander-Griend of Missoula, Montana; and 61-year-old Calvin Gene Wahlstrom of Hunstville, Utah.

Gonsioroski's sister-in-law Kristi Freeman says the family is making funeral arrangements for Friday in Baker. Freeman says her sister, Kim, married Gonsioroski 13 years ago, and the couple has three young children, ranging in age from 3-to-7. She says Gonsioroski loved to fly, and "just enjoyed doing something that allowed him to help others."

Freeman added that she didn't have any information about the crash, other than what has been reported in the news. Investigators say the three men were in a Lockheed P2V-7 that crashed shortly after take-off Monday evening from Reno-Stead Airport. The plane was owned by Neptune Aviation Services of Missoula, Montana.

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