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Thu, Oct 30, 2003

Aviation Logistics School To Honor Fallen Soldiers

Two soldiers who died in Somalia will be honored Nov. 14 when the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School names a training facility at Ft. Eustis in their honor.

The Cleveland/Field Training Facility will be named for Staff Sgt. William D. Cleveland Jr. and Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Field. They were crew members on board "Super 64," the Black Hawk helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant. All were "Night Stalkers" assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Cleveland and Field were among those killed when Super 64 was shot down on Oct. 3, 1993. Durant was seriously injured and taken prisoner. The story of their mission is recounted in the "Black Hawk Down" book and motion picture.

Durant, now retired from the Army, will be the featured speaker during the ceremony. He and members of the Cleveland and Field families will be available for interviews following the memorialization.

Cleveland and Field were maintenance noncommissioned officers aboard the Black Hawk. The facility soon to bear their names is used for training Army and Air Force service members in Black Hawk helicopter repair. Both Cleveland and Field received Black Hawk maintenance training at Fort Eustis.

Field, a sergeant at the time of his death, was promoted posthumously. He also was awarded the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Valor Device and Purple Heart. Cleveland was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Valor Device (third award), Air Medal (second award) and Purple Heart. 

The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on Nov. 14.

FMI: www.us.army.mil

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