AIR COMMANDO 2 Smith, Mark A.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith​

• FORENAME

Mark A.​

• UNIT

33 Rescue Squadron (18 Wing)​

• RANK

Technical Sergeant​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

5th August 2013​

• AGE

30​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 59 Site 659-1​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Bakersfield,California​

born 4.10.1982 Bakersfield,California​

husband of Jessica (nee Aranda) Smith,Bakersfield,California (2 daughters Victoria and Gabrielle)​

graduated Centennial High School 2000​

entered service 5.7.2000​

2 tours of Afghanistan​

awards MSM,AM with 6 oak leaf clusters,AFCM​

AFCM for Afghanistan​

flight engineer​

HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter (91-26354)​

training mission​

crashed approx.14 miles NE of Kadena Air Base,Okinawa,Japan​

only fatality​

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