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Bess, Earl R.
Navy AOAN

Earl R. Bess, age 19, from Enterprise, Alabama, Coffee county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Death details: Died when his Cessna 172 clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. They were assigned to Whidbey Island, Washington Naval Air Station and were on a traiing mission at Fallon Naval Air Station when they rented the civilian aircraft.

Source: U.S. Navy, Reno Gazette Journal (1995)

Pantelopoulos, Christopher W.
Navy AO1

Christopher W. Pantelopoulos, age 35, from Arvada, Colorado, Jefferson county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Death details: Died when his Cessna 172 clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. They were assigned to Whidbey Island, Washington Naval Air Station and were on a traiing mission at Fallon Naval Air Station when they rented the civilian aircraft.

Source: U.S. Navy, Reno Gazette Journal (1995)

Pedersen, James E.
Navy AOAN

James E. Pedersen, age 25, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Death details: Died when his Cessna 172 clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. They were assigned to Whidbey Island, Washington Naval Air Station and were on a traiing mission at Fallon Naval Air Station when they rented the civilian aircraft.

Source: U.S. Navy, Reno Gazette Journal (1995)

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