Gregory M. Torres

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Captain Gregory M. Torres d. 04 April 1978 Captain Gregory M Torres and 1st Lieutenant Ralph E. Bower III were killed when their F-4D crashed on a training mission.  Both were charter members of the 480 TFS that was reactivated in 1976. He is buried in Fort Rosencrans National Cemetary in San Diego, CA. From his close…

Ralph E. Bower III

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1st Lieutenant Ralph E. Bower III d. 04 April 1978 Ralph and Captain Gregory M Torres were killed when their F-4D crashed on a training mission.  Both were charter members of the 480 TFS that was reactivated in 1976. Remembrance from a classmate at West Point: “Ralph Emerson Bower III was born in Spokane, WA, to Ralph…