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Last Rank
Senior Master Sergeant
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Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1T2X1-Pararescue
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Last AFSC Group
Aircrew Protection
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Primary Unit
2001-2003, 38th Air Rescue Squadron
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Service Years
1978 - 2003
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1960 |
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Maltz, Michael Harry, SMSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Wheatley Heights, NY |
Last Address Moody AFB, GA (home base) Afghanistan (deployed)
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Casualty Date Mar 23, 2003 |
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Cause Non Hostile- Died of Illness, Other Injury |
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location Afghanistan |
Conflict Not Specified |
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery - Farmingdale, New York |
Wall/Plot Coordinates SECTION R SITE 2907H |
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1979-1980, 1931st Communications Group
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1980-1985, 1827th Engineering and Test Squadron
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1985-1985, Pararescue Apprentice Training Course
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1985-1985, Scuba Diver
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1985-1985, (Army) Basic Airborne Course
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1986-1989, 55th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
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1989-1991, 1730th Pararescue Squadron
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1989-1991, 71st Rescue Squadron - Kings
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1991-1994, Military Training Center - Lackland
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1994-2001, 41st Rescue Squadron
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2001-2003, 38th Air Rescue Squadron
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Last Known Activity
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
No. 144-03
March 24, 2003 |
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DOD IDENTIFIES AIR FORCE CREW KILLED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
The Department of Defense announced today the identities of six Air Force people killed in an HH-60 Pave Hawk accident in Afghanistan Sunday. Killed were:
1st Lt. Tamara Archuleta, 23, of Los Lunas, N.M.
Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks, 25, of Jefferson, S.C.
Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, 42, of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Senior Airman Jason Plite, 21, of Lansing, Mich.
Lt. Col. John Stein, 39, of Bardolph, Ill.
Staff Sgt. John Teal, 29, of Dallas, Texas
Archuleta, Hicks, Stein, and Teal were assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga. Maltz and Plite were assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga.
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Incident: Killed when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in stormy weather during a rescue mission in southeast Afghanistan.
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