NIGHTSTALKERS Vega-Velazquez, Mario

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Vega-Velazquez ​

• FORENAME

Mario ​

• UNIT

Company C 1 Bn ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

21st February 1991 ​

• AGE

35​

• GRAVESITE

Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Tennessee, USA. Plot I, 48-CC​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.11.1955, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA​

wife Carolyn Tina Vega-Velazquez (1962-1995)​

1974 graduated high school, joined Army​

1984 Blackhawk mechanic​

1990 160th SOAR​

crew chief​

returning from op.in Iraq,helicopter crashed Saudi Arabia due bad weather (Op. Desert Storm) ​

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