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Private Ronald Pavia

circa 1959 (computed from age at death) – February 1978 (reported 17 February 1978)

Died February 1978 at Fort Carson — 19-year-old Army private from Whittier, California, killed when a fuel-transport truck overturned during maneuvers

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

February 1978 (reported 17 February 1978)

Date of birth

circa 1959 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

19 years

Place of death

FORT CARSON (AP) ... killed ... during maneuvers

Inscription transcription

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Friday, 17 Feb 1978, pg. 50

Soldier killed under truck at Carson

FORT CARSON (AP) - A 19-year-old Army private, Ronald PAVIA of Whittier, Calif., was killed when he was pinned under a fuel-transport truck that overturned during maneuvers, a spokesman said.

PAVIA, a passenger in the truck, was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor flown to the site in a helicopter.

The report gives no exact death date; the structured date carries the month of the 17 February 1978 issue, which reports the accident as current news. Our archive's index entry gives his years as "1959~1978" — the tilde marks the 1959 birth year as the contributor's approximation from his age of 19, and the report itself states no birth date, so none is set here.

Record submitted by

Sally Rolls Pavia — to the Ancestors at Rest archive

Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
Submitted by Sally Rolls Pavia to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Transcribed by
Sally Rolls Pavia
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — news report retyped from the Rocky Mountain News; no photograph in this record

Citation: News report of the death of Ronald Pavia, 19-year-old Army private of Whittier, California, killed under a fuel-transport truck during maneuvers at Fort Carson; Rocky Mountain News, Friday 17 February 1978, page 50. Contributed by Sally Rolls Pavia to the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/pavia-ronald-1978/ : accessed [your access date]).

Submitted by Sally Rolls Pavia of Sun City, Arizona.

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