Brilinski, Roger P. Jr.
Sergeant
Roger P. Jr. Brilinski, age 24, from Ossineke, Michigan, Alpena county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Died during an aerial mission to rescue an Air Force F-16 pilot whose jet had crashed in Iraq. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was shot down by Iraqi forces.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Associated Press (1991)