Daily Mail: Pictured: The West Point cadet, former homecoming queen and veteran sergeant among nine soldiers who died when their truck was overwhelmed in Texas floods
* Nine victims of the Fort Hood drowning have been identified by military
* Range from decorated war veteran to cadet who joined West Point in 2014
* All died when their armored truck rolled into a swollen river in Texas
* Three survivors have been released from hospital and are back on duty
* Officials say they still do not know what caused the accident on Thursday
These are the faces of the Fort Hood drowning tragedy, pictured for the first time today after they were identified by the military.
The group ranges from a four-time veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and father-of-one, to a cadet not due to graduate West Point until 2018.
Staff Sergeant Miguel Colonvazquez, 38, from New York, and Cadet Mitchell Winey, 21, from Indiana, both drowned after their armored truck rolled into a river.
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WNU editor: Our prayers are with their families and loved ones.
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It hurts more now we know their names and histories. It is no longer statistical.
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