Plantenberg, Kort M.
Minnesota National Guard Sergeant

Kort M. Plantenberg, age 28, of Avon, Minnesota

Parents: Steve and Laura Plantenberg

Schools: Albany Area High (2009), University of Minnesota-Duluth (2013)

Military history: 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date of death: Thursday, December 5, 2019
Death details: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying him crashed in Kimball, Minnesota, killing three guardsmen. They were conducting a maintenance test flight

Source: WCCO, Pioneer Press (2019), Daniel Funeral Homes