U.S. service member killed in Philippines plane crash identified as Marine from California

The United States service member who was killed alongside three defense contractors when their small plane crashed in the Philippines has been identified as a Marine from California.

Sgt. Jacob M. Durham died Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military was conducting a routine mission "providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies," officials at Camp Pendleton in California said in a statement.

The statement did not include Durham's age and the California city where he was from. Officials did not immediately respond to the Associated Press' emails requesting that information.