Saukaitis, Joseph Stephen
Navy Aviation Electronics Technician-Radar 2nd Class

Joseph Stephen Saukaitis, age 20, from Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, Northumberland county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed into a hanger and started on fire.

Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Associated Press (1970)