Jorge Arteaga – First Lieutenant, United States Air Force

He was killed-in-action when his B-52 bomber, attached to Desert Storm bombings crashed in the Indian Ocean. He was 26-years-old and the son of a Bolivian diplomat.

He had attended school at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) there.

He was the navigator of the plane and his body was not recovered, but a memorial service was held for him at Arlington National Cemetery, February 15, 1991.

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