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NY J01131
Resolution
Status
6/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Rolison
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AI Summary
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Honors Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan, a radio operator from Wappingers Falls who was killed on March 11, 1944, when his B-24 bomber "Heaven Can Wait" was struck by enemy fire and crashed off the coast of New Guinea along with 10 crew members
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Project Recover, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography located the aircraft wreckage in 2017 after 81 years
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DPAA conducted its deepest-ever underwater recovery mission in 2023, deploying Navy divers over 200 feet below the surface to recover remains and artifacts including Darrigan's dog tags
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Staff Sergeant Darrigan was laid to rest with full military honors on May 24, 2025, with more than 200 community members in attendance; his niece Virginia Pineiro accepted the folded flag
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Directs that an engrossed copy of the resolution be transmitted to Staff Sergeant Darrigan's family as a symbol of enduring respect and remembrance
Legislative Description
Posthumously honoring the life and service of United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Eugene J. Darrigan who was laid to rest in his hometown of Wappingers Falls, New York, on May 24, 2025
Last Action
ADOPTED
6/5/2025