More detail on this person: I worked with Harold as a night vision goggle instructor pilot OH-58
A/C at Fort Rucker, AL. The night Harold was killed there was a weather recall. Harold along with 3
students crashed in trees outside Hanchey Heliport. Harold was a department of the Army civilian
(DAC) at the time. I can not remember the exact day of his death however.
From: CW2 Patrick Martin
Harold David LeGrand age 36 was born 9/21/1950 and died 12/9/1986 at Fort Rucker, AL in a helicopter
flight training crash.
Survivors: Wife-Debra LeGrand, Son-Harold John LeGrand II, Son-Adam David LeGrand,
Daughter-Amanda Sue LeGrand.
During memorial services at Chapel of The Flags at Fort Rucker CWO 2 Walter Segeren spoke of his
friend. "He was as much a part of the Army as a military member. He never left the Army when he got
out. He was a friend. He would never turn anyone down. He was a person you could depend on,"
Segeren said. "He was someone in my life who I will never forget. There never was a man more devoted
to his family than David," added Segeren.
Legrand died alongside WOC Mark W. Elenio while they were attempting to fly back to Haney Army
Heliport, in an OH-58 during inclement weather, when the helicopter went down.
Harold David LeGrand is buried at St Marys Catholic Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and remembered
by many.
From: Harold John LeGrand II (son)
Burial information: St Marys Catholic Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, IL
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