The U.S. Army has shared the identity of the third soldier who was aboard the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane as Capt. Rebecca Lobach.

According to a statement from the Army shared with PEOPLE on Saturday, Feb. 1, Lobach was a 28-year-old captain originally from Durham, N.C. She was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion in Fort Belvoir, Va., and had served since July 2019.

The decision to withhold her name initially was at the family's request, and now the decision to release her name has come “at the request of and in coordination with the family,” according to the Army statement.
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