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Last Rank
Lieutenant
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Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
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Primary Unit
1987-1987, USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
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Service Years
1983 - 1987
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1961 |
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Maplewood, NJ |
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Date of Passing
Mar 23, 1987 |
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Location of Interment
Restland Memorial Park - East Hanover, New Jersey |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot: Birch section 68-B grave 1 |
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Last Known Activity:
Bobby was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1983. All American Lacrosse Player and Captain of the Navy Lacrosse Team his first class year. He reported to flight school in January 1984. He graduated, earned his "Wings of Gold", became a Naval Aviator on 31 May 1985 in Pensacola, Florida. He was assigned to HC-5 in Guam January of 1986. He made flight commander on 30 January 1987. Bobby was assigned to the USNS Mercy 18 March 1987 to aid with it's four month humanitarian mission in the Philippines and South Pacific. On March 23, 1987 the HH-46 Helicopter he was piloting crashed approx. 32 miles north of Subic Bay Naval Air Station on the Bucao River.
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Other Comments:
His Brother, Kevin A. Bianchi, was killed in 2003 in Navy Helo Accident also.
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