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LTJG Robert William “Bear” Bruno

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LTJG Robert William “Bear” Bruno Veteran

Birth
Kern County, California, USA
Death
16 Jun 1983 (aged 26)
Kauai County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Mojave, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section F Plot 6 Lot 12
Memorial ID
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Lt. Bruno 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
PO3 Christopher Roland Chambers – Houston, TX
Lt jg Robert Louis Coulter Jr. – Philadelphia, PA
Lt. Michael Eugene Gallagher – Pensacola, FL
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

List in cemetery records as a veteran.
CAName: Robert W Bruno
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1956
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Goulden
Birth County: Kern
BI

SSDI
Name: Robert W. Bruno
SSN:
Born: 5 Oct 1956
Died: 16 Jun 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1968
Lt. Bruno 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
PO3 Christopher Roland Chambers – Houston, TX
Lt jg Robert Louis Coulter Jr. – Philadelphia, PA
Lt. Michael Eugene Gallagher – Pensacola, FL
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

List in cemetery records as a veteran.
CAName: Robert W Bruno
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1956
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Goulden
Birth County: Kern
BI

SSDI
Name: Robert W. Bruno
SSN:
Born: 5 Oct 1956
Died: 16 Jun 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1968


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