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Aug. 7 2002

On August 7, 2002 a USAF MC-130H Combat Talon cargo aircraft slammed into a mountainside about 15 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The special operations aircraft went down in heavy fog and rain during a nighttime training flight from NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico to Borinquen Air National Guard Base on the west coast of Puerto Rico. All 10 military personnel on board perished.

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MAJ Michael Joseph Akos

6 May 1969 – 7 Aug 2002

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 66 Site 7134

Lieut Nathanial David Buckley

14 Aug 1976 – 7 Aug 2002

Minneola, Clark County, Kansas, USA

Christel Angelica Chavez

19 Nov 1974 – 7 Aug 2002

Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Plot info: 9 0 3034B

MAJ Gregory Wayne Fritz

2 Jul 1968 – 7 Aug 2002

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 66 Site 6494

TSgt Robert Steven Johnson

12 Apr 1963 – 7 Aug 2002

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 66 Site 7138

SSGT Shane Henry Kimmett

5 Feb 1974 – 7 Aug 2002

Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA

Plot info: Section S Site 4753-a

TSGT Christopher Alan Matero

25 Feb 1971 – 7 Aug 2002

Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York, USA

SSGT Robert Joseph McGuire Jr.

4 May 1974 – 7 Aug 2002

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Sec: 12, Site: 568

MAJ Panuk Paul Soomsawasdi

1 Jun 1966 – 7 Aug 2002

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Sec: 66, Site: 7139

TSGT Martin Allen Tracy

18 Jul 1969 – 7 Aug 2002

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

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