From Find A Grave.
PAUL ANDREW AVOLESE
BIRTH: 12 June 1932 in Jamaica, New York
DEATH: 7 July 1967 (aged 35) Vietnam War
BURIAL: Springfield Memorial Gardens Springfield, Oregon
A Vietnam veteran, finally laid to rest after being MIA for over fifty years.
U.S. Air Force Major Paul A. Avolese was killed during the Vietnam War during a maneuver over the South China Sea on July 7, 1967.
The B-52 bomber that he crewed collided with another B-52 causing both aircraft to fall into the sea. Four of the crew members from his aircraft were rescued, but Avolese was never recovered. He was declared dead on July 24, 1967.
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