More detail on this person: After battling
cancer for four years.SPANO, BARTHOLOMEW
JR. (Age 57) died on August 25, 2004 in the
District of Columbia at his home in Palisades
after a long struggle with cancer. Known by family
and friends as "Barry" or "Bart", Mr. Spano was a
helicopter and fixed wing instructor and
commercial pilot and formerly worked for Henson
Aviation as a staff pilot. Mr. Spano was a
graduate of Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
1964 and enlisted in the United States Marines in
1966. He received his military training at Parris
Island and then at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
where he earned a sharp shooter medal and
became a certified air frame and power plant
mechanic. He then transferred to the Army Flight
School at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Mr. Spano served
in Vietnam in 1969 where he served as a helicopter
pilot and flew dozens of missions over South
Vietnam. He was wounded by enemy fire in the
performance of his duty while evacuating wounded
under combat conditions. For his extraordinary
efforts he was awarded the Purple Heart. He then
was restationed to Ashaffenburg, Germany, and
entered the Reserves in 1972. In 1975, he received
a Bachelors degree at the University of Maryland
and was discharged from the United States Army
Reserve in 1986. Mr. Spano was an avid motorcycle
collector and member of the Washington, D.C.
Norton Motorcycle Club.
Survivors include his mother, Pari; siblings,
Diana, George, Stephen and Victor and nieces,
Madeline and Jessica. Services private.
This obituary appeared in The Washington Post on
8/28/2004.
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