PAVE LOW Crew Chief
Jay Shatte
Jay Stewart Schatte, SrA
Jay Shatte (1957 – 1980) served as a PAVE LOW crew chief.
- Rank
- SrA
- Position
- Crew Chief
- Born
- September 24th, 1957
- Died
- July 18th, 1980
- Age
- 22
Jay Schatte was an HH-53 Crew Chief assigned to 55th ARRS Sq. Eglin AFB FL. TDY to Hurlburt Field FL, to support arrival of MH-53 Helicopters from Kirtland AFB in May 1980. He was deployed to Operation Honey Badger for training. He was killed when during return to Hurlburt Field, FL, his HH-53 (68-5786) crashed and burned at the San Juan County Airport, five miles north of Monticello, Utah. The pavilion constructed behind the 834 AGS hangar was dedicated to him.
Survivors were his wife, Charis-see Schatte; parents, Mr. & Mrs. John L. Schatte Jr.; brothers, John Schatte III, Mark Schatte, Matthew Schatte; sister, Leslie Schatte.
He is buried ay the Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
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