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Thomas Patrick McNeff

Died October 2, 1983

Thomas Patrick McNeff. Thomas served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened

Officer/Pilot Thomas McNeff and Officer/Paramedic Richard Stratman were killed in a helicopter crash during a rainstorm near Marana. They were en route to pick up a pregnant woman stranded by floodwaters for a medical transport to Tucson when the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crashed into a flooded field. Officer McNeff was a military veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for eight years.

Survivors
He was survived by his wife and infant daughter.
Media
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Service Record
1969 – 1971
Also Served
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Officer / Pilot
Memorials
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Panel 35-W · Line 9 cut as THOMAS P MCNEFF
In Our Keeping
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In tribute

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.

Officer / Pilot McNeff served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

Thank you for your service to the people of Arizona, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.

Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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