Navarre Florida

Colin, Matthew C.
Army Private 1st class

Matthew C. Colin, age 22, from Navarre, Florida, Santa Rosa county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Date of death: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. James R. Burnett Jr. also died.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Galvan, Arthur
Air Force Captain

Arthur Galvan, age 33, from Navarre, Florida, Santa Rosa county.

Parents: Doris O’Campo
Spouse: Married
Children: Two children

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Thursday, January 31, 1991
Death details: During the Battle of Khafji, the AC-130 he was aboard was hit by a shoulder-fired missile as the plane attacked rocket launchers threatening U.S. Marines. Air Force officials said no one could have survived the crash. Only five of the 14 men lost were positively identified after remains were recovered from the plane, which was missing for more than a month before discovered on the bottom of the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Military Times, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (2004), Los Angeles Times (1991)

Walters, Dixon L. Jr.
Air Force Captain

Dixon L. Jr. Walters, age 29, from Navarre, Florida, Santa Rosa county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Thursday, January 31, 1991
Death details: During the Battle of Khafji, the AC-130 he was aboard was hit by a shoulder-fired missile as the plane attacked rocket launchers threatening U.S. Marines. Air Force officials said no one could have survived the crash. Only five of the 14 men lost were positively identified after remains were recovered from the plane, which was missing for more than a month before discovered on the bottom of the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia.
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Arlington National Cemetery, Associated Press (1991)

Weaver, Paul J.
Air Force Major

Paul J. Weaver, age 34, from Navarre, Florida, Santa Rosa county.

Service era: Gulf War

Date of death: Thursday, January 31, 1991
Death details: During the Battle of Khafji, the AC-130 he was aboard was hit by a shoulder-fired missile as the plane attacked rocket launchers threatening U.S. Marines. Air Force officials said no one could have survived the crash. Only five of the 14 men lost were positively identified after remains were recovered from the plane, which was missing for more than a month before discovered on the bottom of the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Assocaited Press (1991)

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