In Memory of 248 soldiers of Task Force 3-502, Multinational Force and Observers, 101st Airborne Div

In Memory of 248 soldiers of Task Force 3-502, Multinational Force and Observers, 101st Airborne Div. . Dedicated to the memory of the 248 soldiers of Task Force 3-502, Multinational Force and Observers, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) who perished at Gander, Newfoundland on 12 December 1985 while returning from peacekeeping duty in the Sinai Peninsula. Given by their families, friends, neighbors and comrades. , "Our courageous peacekeepers have departed our midst suddenly, and they have ascended to heights where even Screaming Eagles can't fly." , Major General Burton D. Patrick Commanding General 101st Airborn Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Kentucky , "...they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles..." Isaiah 40:30-31 , SP4 Mark E. Abrams HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Herbert D. Alexander 102D QM CO . SSG Steven A. Andreoff HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Darnell Andrews CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Ivan Aponte CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Stuart N. Arrowood CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Roger D. Arvin 545TH PSC . CPT Luis A. Avillan 101ST FIN CO . SP4 Bobby L. Banks HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Daniel M. Barber 507TH TRANS CO . SP4 Eric J. Baumann CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Edward M. Beer CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Wyatt D. Benson CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Sammy D. Bittle CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CSM Haslund O. Black Task Force Command Sergeant Major . SP4 Paul J. Bostwick CO C, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT John P. Bowen 101ST MP CO . CW4 Robert A. Bowen 507TH TRANS CO . SGT John T. Bradley, Jr. CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SPL Steven J. Bradshaw HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Darrin P. Brady CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Charles F. Brancato HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Tony L. Brasfield COB, 311TH MI BN . SP4 William R. Brilya CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT George A. Britt COB, 5TH BN, 187TH IN . SP4 Johnny L. Brown CO A, 426TH S&S BN . PFC Gregory A. Buchanan CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT James A. Burdette COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 David A. Bury CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Trevor Campbell CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Gregory T. Carter COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Mark E. Carter HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . CH (Maj) Troy G. Carter HHC, 2D BDE . PFC Dennis Cartwright CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Philip R. Caudill CO B, 326TH ENGR BN . SP4 Garett R. Chaddock, CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Stephen R. Colby CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Bobby L. Coleman CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Miguel A. Cordero CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Orlando F. Council, JR. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Michael E. Craig CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Paul M. Crawford COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Francisco Cruz-Salgado CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Troy R. Cupples HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Walter G. Daniels, Jr. CO C, 229TH AVN BN . SGT Thomas E. Danielsen HHC, LEA . SSG James A. Davis, Jr. HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Jimmy D. Davis CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Thomas E. Davis CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Herbert R. Deckman, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Joseph L. Diventura, Jr. CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Thomas D. Dixon CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG James F. Duckworth CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Brian L. Dumpert COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Brian E. Easley COB, 326TH ENGR BN . CPT Michael C. Eastman HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Kyle L. Edmonds HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Christopher W. Englebert CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG James A. Ferguson HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Mark W. Ferguson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Kevin F. Fink CQ A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT David Fitch CO E, 801ST MAINT BN . SGT Thomas J Foskey CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Paul K. Fuller HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Kevin A. Gantzer CO A, 311TH MI BN . SP4 Anthony L. Gayton CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Scott W. Gerdes HHC, LEA . SSG Gary L. Givens HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . MSG David L. Godsey CO B, 101ST AVN BN . SGT Michael J. Gonzales CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Roberto Gonzalez CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Jospeh W. Goree CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Kelly S. Graham CO E, 801ST MAINT BN . SGT Thomas L. Graham CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Douglas F. Grala HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Christopher T. Gray CO B, 101ST AVN BN . SP4 Ricardo Guerra CO B, 326TH ENGR BN . CPT Brian D'Haller HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC William W. Hansen III HHO, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Chester D. Hardeman CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CW3 Benny J. Hardin CO B, 159TH AVN BN . SP4 Brian D. Harris HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . ILT Robert B. Hart CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Mark S. Hassing HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Reginald V. Haugsdahl CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 David W. Heidecker CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Paul C. Hemingway HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Joe W. Highfill II CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Thomas T. Hileman HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Donald S. Hobbs HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Kevin S. Hobbs CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Jerry W. Holliman CO B, 311TH MI BN . SGT Robert S. Hoyer HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Charles W. Hughes HHB, IST BN, 321ST FA . SSG Frank J. Hughes CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Jeffrey D. Hull CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Herbert G. Ivy CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Adrian D. Jackson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . LTC Marvin A. Jeffcoat, Jr. Task Force Commander . SSG Donnie K. Jennings CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Todd M. Jennings HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Jerrin A. Johnson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Rayvon L. Johnson COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Joseph A. Jones HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC David A. Jordan CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Robert S. Kaplin CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Ibrahim F. Karadsheh CO A, 311TH MI BN . SGT Jeffrey S. Kee CQ A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Timothy L. Kidd COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Jerry J. King HHC, 229TH AVN BN . CPT Robert M. King HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Thomas J. Kirby CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Bruce E. Kiser CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT John K. Kosh, Sr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Mark R. Kubic CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT John M. Kuehn HSB, 2D BN, 31ST FA . SP4 Randall A. Lane HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . MAJ Michael R. Lawrence 163D AVN CO (FWD) . SSG Donald G. Lineberry HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 William M. Lloyd HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Paul D. Long HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 David C. Lungren CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Benjamin R. Lynch CO B, 326TH ENGR BN . SSG Jerry W. Malone CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Edward J. Manion CO A. 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Thomas L. Martin, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Donald L. Mathis CO D, 3D BN, 502D, IN . SSG Ronald G. Mayhew HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Paul A. McArdle CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Joey McCarty HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Christine M McCleery 545TH PSC . ISG Robert F. McCook 163D AVN CO (FWD) . ILT J. Scott McCormick CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Calvin McWhite HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . CW2 Dirk A. Miller Ft Campbell Dist, 1ST Regn, USACIDC . SSG Larry G. Miller CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Richard D. Miller CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Timothy E. Miller HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG John M. Millett HHC, 5TH BN, 187TH IN . SGT James A. Mollett CO A. 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Samuel T. Moore, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SPI Lindale Morgan HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Steven W. Mullins CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Michael Murray 101ST FIN CO . SGT Michael A. Napier HHC: 3D BN, 502D IN . SFC Joseph A. Nartia CO B, 326TH ENGR BN . SFC Donald C. Nelson 163D AVN CO (FWD) . PFC Kenneth J. Nelson HHC. 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Steven R. Nelson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Richard R. Nichols CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPL Michael T. Nolan CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Francisco Ocasio, Jr. HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Robert L. Olson HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Gregory A. Owens 163D AVN CO (FWD) . SGT Gary W. Padgett 101ST MP CO . PFC Theodore L. Pafford HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Jeffrey R. Palmisano CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CW3 Rudy Parris 163D AVN CO (FWD) . SSG Thomas F. Parsons HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Vickie S. Perry CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Terry R. Pevey CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Alvin M. Phillips HSB, 2D BN, 31ST FA . SGT James D. Phillips, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Barry C. Powell HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPL Raimo K. Putanen, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502 IN . SGT Michael R. Rahr CO B, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPT Terry L. Rains HHC, 158TH AVN BN . SP4 David L. Rawls, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Patrick S. Reasbeck HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Melvin W. Reed, Jr. CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Jessy T. Reynolds CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Gregory W. Richardson HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Richard D. Rimiller HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Bobby E. Roberts COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Wilbur G. Roberts, Jr. HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Virgil L. Robertson, Jr. HHC, LEA . SGT Thomas E. Robinson, Jr. CO C, 311TH MI BN . SP4 Ronald C. Russell CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Ray A. Ruth HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Ricky A. Schmoyer CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Peter E. Schremp CO A, 311TH MI BN . SP4 Keith M Schultz COA, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Gary L. Scott CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SPI Blanchard T. Searcy CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Ronald W. Sears CO C, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Frederic C. Seitz COD, 3D BN 502D IN . SSG Timothy D. Sellner HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Ernest W. Serna CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Michael D. Shipley CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 James E. Shook CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Robert D. Shultz HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Carl N. Simmons CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT George H. Simmons CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Earl Singleton CO B, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Matthew S. Sloan CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Clinton D. Smith CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . 1SG Rex V. Smith CO B, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Scott J. Smith CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Thomas V. Smith CO A, 426TH S&S BN . PFC Mark Spearman CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 James M. Spears CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PVT Michael S. Stack CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 David C. Staten CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Alexander W. Stearn CO A , 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Dane Stephens HHC, 501ST SIG BN . 1LT Kip L. Stevens HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Randy S. Stewart CO A, 158TH AVN BN . CW2 Earl C. Stone 101ST DMMC . SP4 Gary L. Straub, Jr. HHC, 326TH ENGR BN . SGT Richard Stringer CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Scott A. Stritch HHC, IST BN, 327TH IN . SSG Randall K. Thomas 507TH TRANS CO . SGT Robert F. Thomas CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Danny C. THompson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Scott B. Thompson HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Christopher G. Thornton CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Theodore Travisco A, 3D BN, 502D IN . PFC Thomas N. Tucker HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Vincent L. Turner HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Steven C. Venneri CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . CPL Wayne Vinson CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Gregory Walker HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Guy W. Walker HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Brian E. V. Wallace 507TH TRANS CO . PFC Mark E. Wallace CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SFC Abraham Ward CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . MSG Thomas E. West HHC, 3D BN 502D IN . PFC John C. Wester CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Frank C. Wheeler, Jr. CO D, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Emery S. White II CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Michael L. Whiteman CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Darnell L. Wilburn 227TH S&S CO . SP4 Franklin R. Wilkins CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT James H. Williamson, Jr. CO B, 311TH MI BN . SSG Richard N. Willingham CO C, 229TH AVN BN . SP4 Rodger L. Wilson HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG James A. Winston HHB, 1ST BN, 321ST FA . SGT Theodore M. Wisson CO.A, 3D BN, 502D IN . 1LT John B. Witmer HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Kevin M. Witt CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Robert N. Wolford II CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SSG Lawrence A. Wood CO A, 229TH AVN BN . SSG William L Wooliver HHC, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Virgina R. Word CO B, 5TH TRANS BN . CPL John R. Wright CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Robert Wyn, Jr. COD, 3D BN, 502D IN . SP4 Cary T. Yeargan CO A, 3D BN, 502D IN . SGT Cathleen M. Ziegler HHC, 326TH MED BN