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Fort Campbell 1985 Airplane Crash Memorial
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Fort Campbell 1985 Airplane Crash Memorial

Birth
Gander, Central Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Death
12 Dec 1985
Gander, Central Census Division, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Monument
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Fort Campbell Memorial Park commemorates the deaths of 248 soldiers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and 8 crewmen, who, while returning home to their base in Fort Campbell from a 6 month deployment in the Middle-East where they had served in the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping mission, lost their lives in a plane crash near Gander, Newfoundland, Canada on 12 December 1985 at 10:15 UTC (06:45 NST). It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second deadliest involving a DC-8 aircraft.

The 16 acre park is located at 41-A and Pennyrile Parkway and features a paved walking trail, benches and lighted "Peacekeeper" monument sculpted by Hopkinsville artist Steve Shields. The 7 foot copper statue is fronted by granite markers chiseled with the names of the 248 fallen soldiers known as the "Screaming Eagles". Leading up to the monument is a a grove of trees, with one tree was planted in honor of each victim and a dedication plaque.
The wall of names includes:

state & soldier:

AL Davis, Jimmy D.
AL Highfill, Joe Wayne
AL Hughes, Frank J.
AL Simmons, Carl Nelson
AL Turner, Vincent L.
AL Winston, James A.
AL Wright, John R.

AR Kidd, Timothy Linn
AR Long, Paul Daniel
AR Stewart, Randy S.
AR Thomas, Randall Keith
AR Walker, Guy W.

AZ Barber, Daniel Mark
AZ Danielson, Thomas
AZ Hobbs, Kevin S.
AZ McArdle, Paul A.

CA Andreoff, Steven A.
CA Burdette, James D.
CA Carter, Gregory Thomas
CA Chaddock, Garett R.
CA Gonzales, Michael J.
CA Graham, Kelly S.
CA Jackson, Adrian D.
CA Millett, John Morton
CA Padgett, Gary W.
CA Pevey, Terry R.
CA Spears, James M.
CA Wallace, Brian E.

CO Serna, Ernest W.
CO Sloan, Matthew S.
CO Stephens, Dane P.
CO Tucker, Thomas N.

DE Haller, Brian Douglas
DE Kuehn, John M.

FL Beer, Edward Myron
FL Brasfield, Tony Lynn
FL Britt, George Andrew
FL Bury, David Allen
FL Ferguson, James Allen
FL Graham, Thomas Lyle
FL Hart, Robert B.
FL Hobbs, Donald Ernest
FL Jeffcoat, Marvin Alvis "Jeff"
FL Kee, Jeffrey Scott
FL Kiser, Bruce E.
FL Schmoyer, Ricky A.
FL Smith, Thomas E.

GA Bauman, Eric Joseph
GA Benson, Wyatt David
GA Lawrence, Michael R.
GA Lynch, Benjamin R.
GA Searcy, Blanchard T.
GA Smith, Clinton Duane
GA Word, Virginia "Jenny" Ruth

IA Mullins, Steven W.
IA Phillips, Alvin

ID Bradshaw, Steven John
ID Crawford, Paul M.

IL Craig, Michael Edward
IL Gayton, Anthony Lovell
IL Goree, Joseph W.
IL Lundgren, David C.
IL Richardson, Gregory William
IL Wilburn, Darnell L.
IL Witmer, John B.

IN Arvin, Roger D.
IN Dumpert, Brian Lee
IN Mayhew, Ronald C.
IN Miller, Larry Gene
IN Miller, Timothy E.
IN Murray, Michael
IN Robertson, Vergil L., Jr.

KS Banks, Bobby L.
KS Yeargan, Cary T.

KY Black, Haslund Ora
KY Bradley, John T., Jr.
KY Carter, Troy G.
KY Cruz-Salgado, Francisco
KY Englebert, Christopher
KY Grala, Douglas Franklin
KY Manion, Edward John
KY Martin, Thomas L., Jr.
KY Moore, Samuel Theodore, Jr.
KY Nelson, Donald Craig
KY Nichols, Richard Sidney
KY Owens, Gregory Allen
KY Palmisano, Jeffrey R.
KY Parris, Rudy
KY Phillips, James Douglas, Jr.
KY Powell, Barry C.
KY Rahr, Michael R.
KY Robinson, Thomas E., Jr.
KY Scott, Gary L.
KY Sellner, Timothy D.
KY Smith, Rex V.
KY Smith, Scott John
KY Stone, Earl C.
KY Thompson, Danny C.
KY Witt, Kevin Michael

LA Alexander, Herbert Dwayne

MA Aponte, Ivan R.
MA Gerdes, Scott Warren

MD Duckworth, James Frederick
MD Heidecker, David W.
MD Hoyer, Robert S.
MD Stearn, Alexander W.
MD Thornton, Christopher G.
MD Whiteman, Michael Lee

MI Andrews, Danell
MI Guerra, Richardo
MI Karadsheh, Ibrahim
MI Parsons, Thomas F.
MI Wisson, Theodore M.
MI Wyn, Robert, Jr.
MI Ziegler, Cathleen M.

MN Kubic, Mark R.
MN Nolan, Michael T.

MO Easley, Brian E.
MO Stack, Michael Shayen
MO Straub, Gary L.
MO Williamson, James H.

MS Holliman, Jerry W.
MS Staten, David C.

MT Wallace, Mark E.

NB Olson, Robert L.

NC Arrowood, Stuart N.
NC Buchanan, Gregory Alan
NC Carter, Mark E.
NC Edmonds, Kyle Lee
NC Johnson, Jerrin Andrea
NC Johnson, Rayvon LeVoy
NC Morgan, Lindale
NC Perry, Vickie S.
NC Rawls, David L.
NC Shook, James Emerson
NC Simmons, George Henry

NH Eastman, Michael Christo

NJ Cordero, Miguel Angel
NJ Davis, Thomas E.

NV Bowen, John Patrick
NV Mathis, Donald Lee

NY Bostwick, Paul J.
NY Brilya, William R.
NY Campbell, Trevor
NY Coleman, Bobby Lee
NY Hemingway, Paul C.
NY Jennings, Todd Martice
NY Nelson, Kenneth J.
NY Rimiller, Richard David
NY Sears, Ronald W.
NY Stringer, Richard
NY Thomas, Robert F.
NY Travis, Theodore

OH Brady, Darrin Patrick (memorial)
OH Brady, Darrin Patrick (gravesite)
OH Caudill, Phillip R.
OH Daniels, Walter G.
OH Harris, Brian D.
OH Napier, Michael A.
OH Reasbeck, Patrick S.
OH Seitz, Frederic C.
OH Wilson, Rodger L.

OK Wolford, Robert Neil, II

OR Fuller, Paul Koerner
OR Hassing, Mark S.
OR Hull, Jeffrey D.
OR Shultz, Robert D.
OR Venneri, Steven C.

PA Council, Orlando Freeman, Jr.
PA Deckman, Herbert Richard, Jr.
PA Fink, Kevin F.
PA Haugsdahl, Reginald
PA Lloyd, William Michael
PA Schremp, Peter E.
PA Shipley, Michael D.
PA Stritch, Scott A.
PA Thompson, Scott Bryan
PA Wester, John Charles
PA Wilkins, Franklin R.

RI Spearman, Mark

SC Bittle, Sammy Dale
SC Brown, Johnny L.
SC DiVentura, Joseph Louis, Jr.
SC McWhite, Calvin
SC Ruth, Ray A.
SC Singleton, Earl
SC Walker, Gregory
SC Ward, Abraham

SD McCleery, Christine M.

TN Avillan, Luis Antonio
TN Brancato, Charles F.
TN Davis, James A.
TN Dixon, Thomas D.
TN Ferguson, Mark W.
TN Foskey, Thomas J.
TN Givens, Gary Lynn
TN Godsey, David L.
TN Hardin, Benny Joe
TN Ivy, Herbert Guy
TN Jennings, Donnie Kerry
TN Jones, Joseph A.
TN King, Robert M.
TN Kosh, John K.
TN Lane, Randall Alan
TN Malone, Jerry W.
TN McCook, Robert Frank
TN McCormick, J. Scott
TN Miller, Dirk A.
TN Nelson, Steven R.
TN Pafford, Theadore Lee
TN Rains, Terry L.
TN Reynolds, Jessey T.
TN Roberts, Wilbur Grant, Jr.
TN Stevens, Kip L.
TN West, Thomas Edward "Butch"
TN White, Emery S., III
TN Willingham, Richard Neal
TN Wooliver, William L.

TX Cartwright, Dennis
TX Cupples, Troy Ray
TX Gray, Christopher T.
TX Hardeman, Chester D.
TX Hughes, Charles W.
TX King, Jerry Joe
TX McCarty, Joey
TX Miller, Richard Dean
TX Roberts, Bobby E.
TX Wheeler, Frankie Charles

VA Bowen, Robert A.
VA Colby, Stephen Rice
VA Hansen, William W., III
VA Kirby, Thomas James
VA Puntanen, Raimo K. Jr.
VA Russell, Ronald C.
VA Vinson, Wayne

WA Kaplin, Robert S.
WA Lineberry, Donald Gray
WA Reed, Melvin W.
WA Wood, Lawrence A.

WI Schultz, Keith Mitchell

WV Abrams, Mark Edward
WV Gantzer, Kevin A.
WV Hileman, Thomas T.
WV Jordan, David A.
WV Mollett, James Albert

DC Fitch, David
GU Nertia, Joseph A.
PR Gonzalez, Roberto
PR Ocasio, Francisco, Jr.

cockpit crew:
FL Griffin, John
FL Connelly, John Robert
FL Fowler, Mike

cabin crew:
NY Matasowski, Maia
NY Sarafin, Jean
NY McKay, Desiree
NY Phillips, Ruthie
NY Cutler, Stacy
Fort Campbell Memorial Park commemorates the deaths of 248 soldiers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and 8 crewmen, who, while returning home to their base in Fort Campbell from a 6 month deployment in the Middle-East where they had served in the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping mission, lost their lives in a plane crash near Gander, Newfoundland, Canada on 12 December 1985 at 10:15 UTC (06:45 NST). It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second deadliest involving a DC-8 aircraft.

The 16 acre park is located at 41-A and Pennyrile Parkway and features a paved walking trail, benches and lighted "Peacekeeper" monument sculpted by Hopkinsville artist Steve Shields. The 7 foot copper statue is fronted by granite markers chiseled with the names of the 248 fallen soldiers known as the "Screaming Eagles". Leading up to the monument is a a grove of trees, with one tree was planted in honor of each victim and a dedication plaque.
The wall of names includes:

state & soldier:

AL Davis, Jimmy D.
AL Highfill, Joe Wayne
AL Hughes, Frank J.
AL Simmons, Carl Nelson
AL Turner, Vincent L.
AL Winston, James A.
AL Wright, John R.

AR Kidd, Timothy Linn
AR Long, Paul Daniel
AR Stewart, Randy S.
AR Thomas, Randall Keith
AR Walker, Guy W.

AZ Barber, Daniel Mark
AZ Danielson, Thomas
AZ Hobbs, Kevin S.
AZ McArdle, Paul A.

CA Andreoff, Steven A.
CA Burdette, James D.
CA Carter, Gregory Thomas
CA Chaddock, Garett R.
CA Gonzales, Michael J.
CA Graham, Kelly S.
CA Jackson, Adrian D.
CA Millett, John Morton
CA Padgett, Gary W.
CA Pevey, Terry R.
CA Spears, James M.
CA Wallace, Brian E.

CO Serna, Ernest W.
CO Sloan, Matthew S.
CO Stephens, Dane P.
CO Tucker, Thomas N.

DE Haller, Brian Douglas
DE Kuehn, John M.

FL Beer, Edward Myron
FL Brasfield, Tony Lynn
FL Britt, George Andrew
FL Bury, David Allen
FL Ferguson, James Allen
FL Graham, Thomas Lyle
FL Hart, Robert B.
FL Hobbs, Donald Ernest
FL Jeffcoat, Marvin Alvis "Jeff"
FL Kee, Jeffrey Scott
FL Kiser, Bruce E.
FL Schmoyer, Ricky A.
FL Smith, Thomas E.

GA Bauman, Eric Joseph
GA Benson, Wyatt David
GA Lawrence, Michael R.
GA Lynch, Benjamin R.
GA Searcy, Blanchard T.
GA Smith, Clinton Duane
GA Word, Virginia "Jenny" Ruth

IA Mullins, Steven W.
IA Phillips, Alvin

ID Bradshaw, Steven John
ID Crawford, Paul M.

IL Craig, Michael Edward
IL Gayton, Anthony Lovell
IL Goree, Joseph W.
IL Lundgren, David C.
IL Richardson, Gregory William
IL Wilburn, Darnell L.
IL Witmer, John B.

IN Arvin, Roger D.
IN Dumpert, Brian Lee
IN Mayhew, Ronald C.
IN Miller, Larry Gene
IN Miller, Timothy E.
IN Murray, Michael
IN Robertson, Vergil L., Jr.

KS Banks, Bobby L.
KS Yeargan, Cary T.

KY Black, Haslund Ora
KY Bradley, John T., Jr.
KY Carter, Troy G.
KY Cruz-Salgado, Francisco
KY Englebert, Christopher
KY Grala, Douglas Franklin
KY Manion, Edward John
KY Martin, Thomas L., Jr.
KY Moore, Samuel Theodore, Jr.
KY Nelson, Donald Craig
KY Nichols, Richard Sidney
KY Owens, Gregory Allen
KY Palmisano, Jeffrey R.
KY Parris, Rudy
KY Phillips, James Douglas, Jr.
KY Powell, Barry C.
KY Rahr, Michael R.
KY Robinson, Thomas E., Jr.
KY Scott, Gary L.
KY Sellner, Timothy D.
KY Smith, Rex V.
KY Smith, Scott John
KY Stone, Earl C.
KY Thompson, Danny C.
KY Witt, Kevin Michael

LA Alexander, Herbert Dwayne

MA Aponte, Ivan R.
MA Gerdes, Scott Warren

MD Duckworth, James Frederick
MD Heidecker, David W.
MD Hoyer, Robert S.
MD Stearn, Alexander W.
MD Thornton, Christopher G.
MD Whiteman, Michael Lee

MI Andrews, Danell
MI Guerra, Richardo
MI Karadsheh, Ibrahim
MI Parsons, Thomas F.
MI Wisson, Theodore M.
MI Wyn, Robert, Jr.
MI Ziegler, Cathleen M.

MN Kubic, Mark R.
MN Nolan, Michael T.

MO Easley, Brian E.
MO Stack, Michael Shayen
MO Straub, Gary L.
MO Williamson, James H.

MS Holliman, Jerry W.
MS Staten, David C.

MT Wallace, Mark E.

NB Olson, Robert L.

NC Arrowood, Stuart N.
NC Buchanan, Gregory Alan
NC Carter, Mark E.
NC Edmonds, Kyle Lee
NC Johnson, Jerrin Andrea
NC Johnson, Rayvon LeVoy
NC Morgan, Lindale
NC Perry, Vickie S.
NC Rawls, David L.
NC Shook, James Emerson
NC Simmons, George Henry

NH Eastman, Michael Christo

NJ Cordero, Miguel Angel
NJ Davis, Thomas E.

NV Bowen, John Patrick
NV Mathis, Donald Lee

NY Bostwick, Paul J.
NY Brilya, William R.
NY Campbell, Trevor
NY Coleman, Bobby Lee
NY Hemingway, Paul C.
NY Jennings, Todd Martice
NY Nelson, Kenneth J.
NY Rimiller, Richard David
NY Sears, Ronald W.
NY Stringer, Richard
NY Thomas, Robert F.
NY Travis, Theodore

OH Brady, Darrin Patrick (memorial)
OH Brady, Darrin Patrick (gravesite)
OH Caudill, Phillip R.
OH Daniels, Walter G.
OH Harris, Brian D.
OH Napier, Michael A.
OH Reasbeck, Patrick S.
OH Seitz, Frederic C.
OH Wilson, Rodger L.

OK Wolford, Robert Neil, II

OR Fuller, Paul Koerner
OR Hassing, Mark S.
OR Hull, Jeffrey D.
OR Shultz, Robert D.
OR Venneri, Steven C.

PA Council, Orlando Freeman, Jr.
PA Deckman, Herbert Richard, Jr.
PA Fink, Kevin F.
PA Haugsdahl, Reginald
PA Lloyd, William Michael
PA Schremp, Peter E.
PA Shipley, Michael D.
PA Stritch, Scott A.
PA Thompson, Scott Bryan
PA Wester, John Charles
PA Wilkins, Franklin R.

RI Spearman, Mark

SC Bittle, Sammy Dale
SC Brown, Johnny L.
SC DiVentura, Joseph Louis, Jr.
SC McWhite, Calvin
SC Ruth, Ray A.
SC Singleton, Earl
SC Walker, Gregory
SC Ward, Abraham

SD McCleery, Christine M.

TN Avillan, Luis Antonio
TN Brancato, Charles F.
TN Davis, James A.
TN Dixon, Thomas D.
TN Ferguson, Mark W.
TN Foskey, Thomas J.
TN Givens, Gary Lynn
TN Godsey, David L.
TN Hardin, Benny Joe
TN Ivy, Herbert Guy
TN Jennings, Donnie Kerry
TN Jones, Joseph A.
TN King, Robert M.
TN Kosh, John K.
TN Lane, Randall Alan
TN Malone, Jerry W.
TN McCook, Robert Frank
TN McCormick, J. Scott
TN Miller, Dirk A.
TN Nelson, Steven R.
TN Pafford, Theadore Lee
TN Rains, Terry L.
TN Reynolds, Jessey T.
TN Roberts, Wilbur Grant, Jr.
TN Stevens, Kip L.
TN West, Thomas Edward "Butch"
TN White, Emery S., III
TN Willingham, Richard Neal
TN Wooliver, William L.

TX Cartwright, Dennis
TX Cupples, Troy Ray
TX Gray, Christopher T.
TX Hardeman, Chester D.
TX Hughes, Charles W.
TX King, Jerry Joe
TX McCarty, Joey
TX Miller, Richard Dean
TX Roberts, Bobby E.
TX Wheeler, Frankie Charles

VA Bowen, Robert A.
VA Colby, Stephen Rice
VA Hansen, William W., III
VA Kirby, Thomas James
VA Puntanen, Raimo K. Jr.
VA Russell, Ronald C.
VA Vinson, Wayne

WA Kaplin, Robert S.
WA Lineberry, Donald Gray
WA Reed, Melvin W.
WA Wood, Lawrence A.

WI Schultz, Keith Mitchell

WV Abrams, Mark Edward
WV Gantzer, Kevin A.
WV Hileman, Thomas T.
WV Jordan, David A.
WV Mollett, James Albert

DC Fitch, David
GU Nertia, Joseph A.
PR Gonzalez, Roberto
PR Ocasio, Francisco, Jr.

cockpit crew:
FL Griffin, John
FL Connelly, John Robert
FL Fowler, Mike

cabin crew:
NY Matasowski, Maia
NY Sarafin, Jean
NY McKay, Desiree
NY Phillips, Ruthie
NY Cutler, Stacy

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