GALAIDA MICHAEL A

2LT Michael A. Galaida was a potential member who died during training before going to Vietnam on 11/10/2005 at the age of 40.0 from A/C accident
Raritan, NJ
Flight Class 66-4
Date of Birth 11/10/1965
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by C. Skinner

More detail on this person: Crashed during night take offs and landings at a stage field after some fog rolled in. 'Copter Trainee Dies in Crash MINERAL WELLS, Nov. 11 - An Army helicopter crashed into a thicket Wednesday night at the Ft. Wolters military reservation, killing 2nd Lt. Michael A. Galaida of Raritan, N.J. The 23 year-old was on a training flight. Survivors include his father, Michael Andrew Galaida of Raritan and his mother, Rose S. Galaida of Manville, N.J. The OH23D Hiller training helicopter went down one mile north of a Nike Hercules missile site. It was the first training fatality in more than two years at the fort

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024