More detail on this person: AH-64 first Army
death in the AH-64 in 1987. This is my brother
CW4 Ronald Rivera. He died on Friday, in Fort
Rucker, Alabama on August 21, 1987. He was a
helicopter pilot instructor. He was in the middle
of training when the bolt of the router popped and
the air craft went down. He had a student in the
craft and crash resulted in the death of my
brother and the student was paralyzed. My
brother's birthday was August 6, 1951. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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