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Home State
Colorado | |
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Year of Birth
1939 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
A3C Michael S. Bell
to remember
Aragon, Jose Ruben, SSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Fountain |
Last Address
Bien Hoa AB
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Casualty Date
May 16, 1965 |
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Cause
Non Hostile- Died while Missing |
Reason
Other Accident |
Location
Bien Hoa (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Fairview Cemetery - Fountain, Colorado |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
01E 115 |
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Last Known Activity
In the fall of 1964 twenty 20 B-57Bs of the 8th and 13th Tactical Bomb Squadrons were deployed to the Bien Hoa air base near Saigon, marking the first deployment of jet combat aircraft to Vietnam. The initial deployment got off on the wrong foot. The first two B-57Bs to land collided with each other on the ground and blocked the runway at Bien Hoa, forcing the rest of the flight to divert to Tan Son Nhut Airport to the southwest toward Saigon. One of the B-57Bs dived into the ground during approach at Tan Son Nhut and was destroyed, killing both crew members.
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