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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 8602" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gradzewicz</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Joseph Stanley</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10 SF Group (Company C,3 Bn Det A-122) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27th July 1990 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">31</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Sacred Heart Cemetery,Meriden,New Haven County,Connecticut</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Meriden,Connecticut</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 4.5.1959 Meriden,Connecticut</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Stanley J. and Catherine (nee Alvaro) Gradzewicz</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married 26.6.1981 (2 children Joseph and Megan)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son Joseph Stanley,Jr served in Iraq 2005 as 2Lt 325 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company D,2 Bn)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>killed when helicopter crashed into Pinnacle Mountain,Arkansas</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>UH-60A Blackhawk (86-24500) (160 SOAR)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">SFC Gradzewicz was killed during a routine training mission when the UH-60A helicopter he was aboard experienced a malfunction. Aircraft 86-24500 crashed into a hillside 5 miles South of Charleston, on a night flight in the early stages of a war game. At 50' AGL and 40 KIAS while on short final to unimproved LZ, the aircraft experienced uncommanded right yaw, which progressed into right spin. the flight crew took corrective measures to regain control. During autorotation, master warning panel lights came on causing NVGs to shut down. The aircraft landed hard, coming to rest relatively level with left side of aircraft crushed. Investigation revealed tail rotor control retaining washer had cracked and allowed tail rotor pitch beam to rotate, resulting in loss of tail rotor control. </span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gradzewicz.32482/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32482-b2468600e1bc9b28546e74d821d19412.jpg?1591436400" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 8602, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gradzewicz[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Joseph Stanley[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]10 SF Group (Company C,3 Bn Det A-122) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Sergeant First Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]27th July 1990 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT]31[/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT]Sacred Heart Cemetery,Meriden,New Haven County,Connecticut[/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Meriden,Connecticut[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 4.5.1959 Meriden,Connecticut[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Stanley J. and Catherine (nee Alvaro) Gradzewicz[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married 26.6.1981 (2 children Joseph and Megan)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son Joseph Stanley,Jr served in Iraq 2005 as 2Lt 325 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company D,2 Bn)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]killed when helicopter crashed into Pinnacle Mountain,Arkansas[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]UH-60A Blackhawk (86-24500) (160 SOAR)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]SFC Gradzewicz was killed during a routine training mission when the UH-60A helicopter he was aboard experienced a malfunction. Aircraft 86-24500 crashed into a hillside 5 miles South of Charleston, on a night flight in the early stages of a war game. At 50' AGL and 40 KIAS while on short final to unimproved LZ, the aircraft experienced uncommanded right yaw, which progressed into right spin. the flight crew took corrective measures to regain control. During autorotation, master warning panel lights came on causing NVGs to shut down. The aircraft landed hard, coming to rest relatively level with left side of aircraft crushed. Investigation revealed tail rotor control retaining washer had cracked and allowed tail rotor pitch beam to rotate, resulting in loss of tail rotor control. [/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gradzewicz.32482/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32482-b2468600e1bc9b28546e74d821d19412.jpg?1591436400[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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