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LT Michael Eugene Gallagher

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LT Michael Eugene Gallagher

Birth
Germany
Death
16 Jun 1983 (aged 26)
Kauai County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section MA Site 52
Memorial ID
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Father: Eugene M Gallagher
Mother: Martha M Reuschelv
Spouse: Gretchen Benkert Auel
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The following provided by Rodger Asai (Find A Grave Contributor #47946759):

Lt. Gallagher is one of fourteen killed when their P-3B-65-LO-Orion (152720) crashed into a Kauai mountain side during a routine mid-afternoon training exercise in support of ships. It was the worst Lockheed P-3 accident at the time.

They were part of the "Screaming Eagles" Patrol Squadron One based at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Honolulu.

Also killed were:
PO2 Armando Santa Castillo Jr. – Hollister, CA
Lt jg Robert William Bruno – Mojave, CA
PO3 Christopher Roland Chambers – Houston, TX
Lt jg Robert Louis Coulter Jr. – Philadelphia, PA
PO3 Ronald Lipschutz Jr. – Rivera, CA
Lt jg Michael Richard Lunde – Arlington, TX
Lt. Cmdr. James Robert Moseley – Macon, GA
PO1 Steve Alan Phipps – Monticello, KY
PO3 Leslie Alan Roth – Oxnard, CA
PO2 Brian Morton Sparrow – Westland, MI
AA David Lee Stringer – Eau Claire, WI
PO2 Brian David Sunde – Erie, PA
PO1 Ronald Carter Wilson – Fresno, CA
Father: Eugene M Gallagher
Mother: Martha M Reuschelv
Spouse: Gretchen Benkert Auel
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The following provided by Rodger Asai (Find A Grave Contributor #47946759):

Lt. Gallagher is one of fourteen killed when their P-3B-65-LO-Orion (152720) crashed into a Kauai mountain side during a routine mid-afternoon training exercise in support of ships. It was the worst Lockheed P-3 accident at the time.

They were part of the "Screaming Eagles" Patrol Squadron One based at Barbers Point Naval Air Station near Honolulu.

Also killed were:
PO2 Armando Santa Castillo Jr. – Hollister, CA
Lt jg Robert William Bruno – Mojave, CA
PO3 Christopher Roland Chambers – Houston, TX
Lt jg Robert Louis Coulter Jr. – Philadelphia, PA
PO3 Ronald Lipschutz Jr. – Rivera, CA
Lt jg Michael Richard Lunde – Arlington, TX
Lt. Cmdr. James Robert Moseley – Macon, GA
PO1 Steve Alan Phipps – Monticello, KY
PO3 Leslie Alan Roth – Oxnard, CA
PO2 Brian Morton Sparrow – Westland, MI
AA David Lee Stringer – Eau Claire, WI
PO2 Brian David Sunde – Erie, PA
PO1 Ronald Carter Wilson – Fresno, CA

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