WO Gary Charles Salanitro, Huntington Station, NY on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Gary Charles Salanitro

Warrant Officer
282ND AHC, 212TH AVN BN, 16TH AVN GROUP, 1ST AVIATION BDE, USARV
Army of the United States
Huntington Station, New York
August 20, 1947 to June 18, 1969
GARY C SALANITRO is on the Wall at Panel W22, Line 83

Gary C Salanitro

WO GARY CHARLES SALANITRO

A Note from The Virtual Wall
On 18 June 1969 the pilot of a UH-1H Huey from the 282nd AHC was hit in the head by ground fire while departing a landing zone. The aircraft rolled inverted and crashed, resulting in the loss of four men:

WO Gary C. Salanitro, Huntington Station, NY, pilot
CPT George D. Carr, Corpus Christi, TX, copilot
SP5 Jose M. De La Torre, Fullerton, CA, crew chief
SP4 George R. Browning, East Bernstadt, KY, gunner

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