Edward Joseph FitzGerald’s physical life ended on 15 Jun after a short but arduous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren and brother allowing him to pass peacefully and to continue on in his spiritual journey. Ed Jr. was born on 3 May 43 in Jackson Heights, New York, to Edward and Dorothy …
CW3 Keith Junas filed his final flight plan on his birthday 24 May 16 in Syringa, ID and was in hospice first. His ashes were scattered 25 Jun by his family. He was originally from Manteca, CA. Keith was a crewchief with the 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam, and upon returning applied for flight school. …
LTC Alfred G. Nichols III (Ret.), passed away peacefully at Hildebrand Care Center in Canon City 14 Feb 16. Born in Greenwood, Florida, on 8 Dec 37, to Virginia N. Nichols and Alfred G. Nichols, Jr., he held degrees from the University of South Florida and the University of Colorado. He began his 23-year Army …
Crotty, 77, passed away 15 Jan 16 in Dallas. Ronnie was born May 5.1938 in Herndon, WV to the late Howard Richard Crotty and Thelma L. Patterson Crotty. He was a retired U.S. Army helicopter pilot, serving two tours in Vietnam. Crotty flew air ambulance helicopters at Fort Hood, TX 1980-1985 and was a member …
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Adam “Bob” Carr, 82, of Waynesboro formally of Maryland, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Texas on February 27, 1933, a son of the late Edward and Edith Carr. Bob proudly served his beloved country during the Vietnam and Korean War as a DUSTOFF helicopter …
SFC Jason M. Smith, 35, whose home of record is Destrehan, LA, died 23 Nov 15, when his UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Fort Hood. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 291st Aviation Regiment, First Army Division West and had flown DUSTOFF in a previous assignment. Smith entered active-duty service in June 2000 as …
Earl Fred Deming, age 74, of Meadow Lane, Oak Grove passed away 2 Oct 15, of natural causes at his home. Mr. Deming was born in Ellsworth, KS on 18 Apr 41, the son of the late Earl J. and Violet L. Kempke Deming, Jr. He was a retired US Army SFC who served in …
Byron Pearman Howlett, Jr., died 18 Sep 15. He was a retired Colonel, U.S. Army, and retired Executive, USAA. Byron loved God, his family, and his country in very close order. He learned these things from a devoted family whose descendants went back to the American Revolutionary War. Byron was born on July 1, 1929, …
It is with deep sadness we announce that COL(R) Ernie Sylvester, 74 of Tampa, passed away on the morning of 14 Aug 15. Born in New Orleans, LA, growing up in Gulfport, MS., Ernie served his country in the US Army in his early career as a air ambulance pilot, and later as a Hospital …
Jacob Mast Jr., 75, of Chesterfield, died peacefully 12 May 15, after a five-year, courageous struggle with Agent Orange exposure sarcoma. Jake served as a MAJ in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, where he was involved in the operation of military hospitals and medical evacuation detachments. He piloted medevac helicopter rescue missions in the …