Jesse Samek
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| A1C Jesse Samek
United States Air Force |
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| 1983-October 21, 2004 | |
| Place of birth | O'Fallon, Missouri |
| Place of death | Afghanistan |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |  United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 2003–2004 |
| Rank | Airman First Class |
| Unit | 66th Rescue Squadron |
| Battles/wars | Operation Enduring Freedom |
| Awards | Purple Heart |
Airman First Class Jesse Monroe Samek (died October 21, 2004) was a United States Air Force flight engineer deployed to Afghanistan from the 66th Rescue Squadron based out of Nellis Air Force Base, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He died when the HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter he was riding in crashed northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan. He is most notable as having had a U.S. Air Force camp named after him at the Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[1]
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[edit] Education
Samek graduated from Rogers High School, in Rogers, Arkansas in 2001 and attended the University of Arkansas for a year before joining the Air Force in February 2003.
[edit] Death
Jesse Samek died in October 2004 when the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter he was a passenger in crashed due to mechanical failure. The helicopter was performing a medical evacuation of an Afghani election official who was accidentally shot by a guard 105 miles east of Shindand, and northwest of Kandahar.[2]
He is buried at Bella Vista Memorial Cemetery.
[edit] References
- ^ "Arkansas airman dies in Afghanistan helicopter crash", Associated Press. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
- ^ Radke, Jace. "Nellis airman killed on Afghan rescue mission", Las Vegas SUN, Inc, 2004-10-22. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
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