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CWO Carlos Acevedo-Maldonado Veteran

Birth
Death
23 Jan 2011 (aged 35)
Puerto Rico, USA
Burial
Rafael González, Hatillo Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA Add to Map
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One of six people killed when their Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter plummeted into the ocean in route to a drug raid.Staff Sgt. Jose' O. Sostre, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hector Ramirez and Brig. Gen. Victor J. Torres, died Dec. 20 when their LUH-72A Lakota helicopter crashed into the Caribbean Sea during a mission to the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, in support of the Puerto Rico Justice Department.

Also aboard the aircraft was Chief Warrant Officer Carlos Acevedo, who remainded missing and presumed dead as of Jan. 15, 2011.

All four were members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard.

Information from the National Guard magazine, February 2011, page 20.
One of six people killed when their Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter plummeted into the ocean in route to a drug raid.Staff Sgt. Jose' O. Sostre, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hector Ramirez and Brig. Gen. Victor J. Torres, died Dec. 20 when their LUH-72A Lakota helicopter crashed into the Caribbean Sea during a mission to the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, in support of the Puerto Rico Justice Department.

Also aboard the aircraft was Chief Warrant Officer Carlos Acevedo, who remainded missing and presumed dead as of Jan. 15, 2011.

All four were members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard.

Information from the National Guard magazine, February 2011, page 20.

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  • Maintained by: Diana
  • Originally Created by: GiGi
  • Added: Apr 15, 2023
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252332774/carlos-acevedo-maldonado: accessed ), memorial page for CWO Carlos Acevedo-Maldonado (17 Mar 1975–23 Jan 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 252332774, citing Hatillo Municipal Cemetery, Rafael González, Hatillo Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA; Maintained by Diana (contributor 49059365).