Army Spc. Gonzalez-Garza was assigned to A Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation, Giebelstadt, Germany. Gonzalez-Garza was the crew chief on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed in the desert while night training during a sand storm. The pilot, CWO Timothy Moehling, and Gonzalez-Garza loved flying together. Gonzalez-Garza was to be switched to another flight that fateful night but he insisted on sticking with his pilot. Rodrigo's family moved to San Antonio, Texas when he was a year old. He graduated from Fox Tech High School and then joined the Army in 1997. His deployments took him to Victory Strike III, Poland and Enduring Freedom, Kuwait. Rodrigo was a talkative joker who kept his tent mates laughing - a bundle of energy, he rarely sat still. He loved children, NASCAR and racing video games. The last time he spoke with his family he had just gotten off duty in Kuwait. He told them he was doing fine and for them to send him a water backpack, boots, chocolate and candies – he never received them.
Army Spc. Gonzalez-Garza was assigned to A Company, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation, Giebelstadt, Germany. Gonzalez-Garza was the crew chief on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed in the desert while night training during a sand storm. The pilot, CWO Timothy Moehling, and Gonzalez-Garza loved flying together. Gonzalez-Garza was to be switched to another flight that fateful night but he insisted on sticking with his pilot. Rodrigo's family moved to San Antonio, Texas when he was a year old. He graduated from Fox Tech High School and then joined the Army in 1997. His deployments took him to Victory Strike III, Poland and Enduring Freedom, Kuwait. Rodrigo was a talkative joker who kept his tent mates laughing - a bundle of energy, he rarely sat still. He loved children, NASCAR and racing video games. The last time he spoke with his family he had just gotten off duty in Kuwait. He told them he was doing fine and for them to send him a water backpack, boots, chocolate and candies – he never received them.
