More detail on this person: After three battle
with cancer.Thomas S. Cafferty, 56, of Woburn,
MA, died Sept. 3 in his home after a three-year
battle with cancer. Cafferty was born in
Stillwater, MN, the son of the late Donald L. and
Hazle L. Cafferty. He was raised and educated in
Stillwater, and graduated from Stillwater High
School. He received his bachelor's degree in
business administration from the University of
Wisconsin-Stout and attained his master's degree
in business from Leslie College in Cambridge, MA.
He served as a helicopter pilot with the Army and
was honorably discharged as a chief warrant
officer. Cafferty flew with the 114th Assault
Helicopter Company in 1968-69. Cafferty graduated
from flight school with Class 68-11. Cafferty was
decorated with the Purple Heart Medal, the Bronze
Star and the Air Medal for Valor. He retired in
2002 as a result of his illness, after 21 years of
service as a logistician manager at Hanscom Air
Force Base in Bedford, MA. He worked installing
radar systems in many parts of the United States,
Germany and Belgium. In earlier years, he flew
helicopters for the Canadian Park Service in
Baanf.
From: an obituary in the September/October 2003
VHPA Newsletter
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