Velazquez, Mario Vega
Army Sergeant

Mario Vega Velazquez, age 35, from Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Friday, February 22, 1991
Death details: Died when the Blackhawk helicopter he was aboard on a medical evacuation mission crashed while trying to land in bad weather in Saudi Arabia

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Assocaited Press