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I'm so very sorry, but the following is found at Fox news site official list -
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, of Bennington, Vt. Killed in helicopter crash.
The link
3 posted on
04/05/2003 5:17:52 PM PST by
agrace
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You can use any number of search engines. This one is for the POWS and MIAS in Iraq. They have a message board.
http://www.nationalalliance.org/gulf2/index.htm
4 posted on
04/05/2003 5:18:05 PM PST by
SSN558
(Be on the lookout for Black/White Supremacists)
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I can't help you, but prayers for this brave soldier, whether or not you've ever met.
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Army Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., helicopter crash.
I don't think it's him because this guy was a CWO
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I got this from FOX...
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, of Bennington, Vt. Killed in helicopter crash.
7 posted on
04/05/2003 5:18:42 PM PST by
CheezyD
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8 posted on
04/05/2003 5:19:14 PM PST by
Timesink
(When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
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9 posted on
04/05/2003 5:20:51 PM PST by
68skylark
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Ah the power of Google.
Here's a link to the story:
http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/040503/LOCBLACKHAWKFOLO.shtml The Halvorson killed was CWO 4 Eric Halvorson of Bennington, VA. He was 40 years old. He was the first Vermonter killed in the war.
From the article: [snip] NOTE: there is a photograph of the soldier on the paper's webpage.
Erik Halvorsen
Halvorsen, born and raised in Bennington, was a career soldier who joined the Army after earning a degree in electronic engineering at the University of Hartford in 1986.
"My son was wonderful person," said his mother, Dorothy Halvorsen. "He was brave, he was caring, and he loved flying. I was always very proud of him."
Col. James J. Boutin of the Vermont National Guard, said, "I know he was quite a soldier. He was thought of pretty highly. He was pretty skilled."
Halvorsen served in Bosnia and in Operation Desert Storm.
Dorothy Halvorson knew that her son's latest assignment was different from previous ones.
"I had a bad feeling since the time he left," she said. "He knew he was going to a dangerous place. He kind of prepared things so if he didn't come back we would know what to do.
"He was a man of few words, but those actions " she said, her voice trailing off. "He was very somber when he left."
The final letter his mother received from her son came just before the war started. In it, he expressed hope for a peaceful resolution of the conflict with Iraq.
One of his three sisters, Brenda Halvorsen, wondered if her brother had gotten her final letters to him. She fought back tears to say she fully supports U.S. policy in Iraq.
"I fully supported it. I'm not angry, by any means. It's what he wanted to do.
"I can't accept the death yet but he died in a very honorable way. I'm very proud of him. He was trying to make our country a safer place to live."
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God Bless you sir. My prayers go out to his family and friends. Semper Fi.
V
11 posted on
04/05/2003 5:26:38 PM PST by
Beck_isright
(If Susan Sarandon pooped in the woods, would ELF boycott her?)
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Sorry to hear about your friend Live free or die.Eternal rest Erik.Thank you.
12 posted on
04/05/2003 5:27:54 PM PST by
fatima
(I have been fine,thinking about bad guys and good guys.)
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13 posted on
04/05/2003 5:29:35 PM PST by
Kaslin
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Thanks very much. The Halverson I know wasn't a pilot and he sure never went to college like this fellow.
Thanks very much to all for your info and prayers.
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