An Erie soldier and others killed almost 60 years ago in what s been called one of aviation s greatest mysteries will be remembered during a ceremony in Maine on Saturday.
Staff Sgt. Leslie Salada was among 107 passengers and crew killed when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 seemingly exploded en route to Vietnam on March 16, 1962. They will be remembered by family members during the unveiling of a monument in their honor in Columbia Falls, Maine.
The monument is on land donated by Wreaths Across America founder Morrill Worchester on the edge of a balsam forest where brush is harvested each year to make wreaths that are placed on veterans graves.