
Saturday November 8th 2008
First Anniversary of the Blackhawk crash 22 miles south of Aviano AB, Italy near the little town of Treviso along the Paive River that claimed 6 lives to include one of our very own SrA Kenny Hauprich Jr.
This is the time line of events:
- Take Off at 11:34 from Aviano AB (5:34 AM eastern time).
- At 12:17:52 (6:17:52 AM eastern time) the Blackhawk disappeared off radar.
- 12:18 the first civilian witness called rescue from their cell phone.
Let us all remember Kenny and the other 5 proud servicemen who served this great country honorably, two of which were Kenny’s good friends:
Army Captain Christian Skoglund
Army Chief Warrant Officer David Alvarez
Air Force Captain Cartize Durham
Air Force Staff Sgt Robert Rogers (Kenny’s friend)
Air Force Staff Sgt Mark Spence (Kenny’s friend)
Please be in place no later than 6:00 AM for a moment of silence at 6:17:52 AM. Sunrise will be at 7:12 so please watch your step during the early morning hour.
This will take place at the new Silver Creek Township Cemetery off of Rt 72 Jamestown, Oh at SrA Kenneth P. Hauprich Jr’s gravesite.
See this web site for the Aviano Air Base paper that honored our fallen heroes last year.
http://www.aviano.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-071116-001.pdf