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Egeland John Paul

Name:
John Paul Egeland
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1971-08-18
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot:
N
Row:
0
Grave:
2764
Decoration:
Comments:

John Paul Egeland was born on April 19, 1951, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He was the son of Robert John Egeland and Heloyn Francine Dahl Egeland. He served in the Heavy Mortar Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, as a Private First Class and Mortarman during the Vietnam War era.

On August 18, 1971, a U.S. Army CH-47A Chinook (tail number 66-19023) transporting troops from Ludwigsburg to the Grafenwöhr training area crashed near Pegnitz, Germany, when a decommissioned rotor blade was mistakenly reinstalled and failed mid-flight. The aircraft broke apart in the air, killing all 37 aboard, including 33 soldiers and 4 crew members, marking the deadliest peacetime U.S. military accident in
West Germany since World War II.

PFC Egeland was among the passengers on board and now rests at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.

Source of information: www.chinook-helicopter.com, www.findagrave.com