Jeff Costa

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Jeff Costa was killed in an accident in Mozambique. Born in Brockton, he graduated from Bridgewater-Raynham High School in 1997. Jeff joined the U.S. Air Force in 1998 and was assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at the Royal Air Force base at Mildenhall, England. He was a crew chief on the MH-53M PAVE LOW. At the time of his death, Jeff was an Airman Basic involved with Operation ATLAS RESPONSE, a humanitarian mission aiding flood victims in Mozambique.

Jeff was buried at Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, MA.

FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
GRASKOP, South Africa — A U.S. serviceman who fell down a waterfall while sightseeing on a break from duty in flooded Mozambique was found dead Saturday, South African police said. In a separate incident in Bahrain, a U.S. sailor died after falling from a hotel.
In South Africa, Airman Basic Jeffrey Costa had been missing since Friday afternoon, when he was swimming in a river above Lisbon Falls, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. He hit a rock, was knocked unconscious and went over the 70-yard-high waterfall, the statement cited witnesses as saying.

Lt. Col. Tom Dolney said a body found Saturday had not been identified. But Police Inspector Olga Marais said the body found by rescuers was believed to be Costa’s.

Costa, an aircraft maintenance specialist, was assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group at Mildenhall, England. His hometown and age were not released.