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Page Four—Courier News, Blytheville (Ark.)—Saturday,September 20,1980CasualtiesOne Killed, Twenty-one Others InjuredLITTLE ROCK (AP) - An Air Force maintenance crewman from Ohio died Friday — five days after his 22nd birthday — of injuries in anexplosion at a Titan II missile silo in north-central Arkansas.Sgt. David Livingston, formerly of Heath, died at Baptist Medical Center at 5:40 p.m. He suffered abdominal and facial injuries caused by flying rocks and an abnormal accummulation of fluids in the body, particularly the lungs.A hospital spokesman said Livingston “breathed a toxic chemical solution of some kind — that was the fatal blow.”Livingston's parents, Donald and Mary, boarded a plane to Little Rock at about the time their son died, Livingston’s sister, Marsha, said Friday.Livingston was first stationed after his 1977 graduation from Heath High School at the Newark Air Force Station, where his mother is employed as a procurement officer. He was transferred to an Illinois base before being sent to Little Rock two years ago, his sister said.He celebrated his 22nd birthdaySunday.The names of the others who were hospitalized, their military ranks, squadrons, conditions and locations as announced by the Air Force:Sgf. Jeff Kennedv. 308th MissileInstallation and Maintenance Squadron, serious condition, Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.Twenty-one others were injured in Friday’s explosion. All of the injured were stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base.Staff Sgt. Silas Spann, 308th Headquarters Squadron, good condition, base hospital.Airman 1st Class Joseph Tallman, 308th Missile Installation and Maintenance Squadron, good condition, base hospital.Tech Sgt. Jimmy Roberts, 308th Fuel Training Squadron, good condition, base hospital.Airman 1st Class Patrick Boylan, 308 MIMS, good condition, base hospital.Sgt. Paul Jackson, 308th MIMS, good condition, base hospital.2nd Lt. Allan Childers, 308th Strategic Missile Wing, good condition, base hospital.Tech Sgt. David Rossborough,314th Combat Support Group, good condition, base hospital.Sgt. Stephen Riva, 308th MIMS, good condition, base hospital.Col James Morris. 308th StrategicMissile Wing, good condition, base hospital.Sgt. James Standaker, 308th MIMS, good condition, base hospital.Tech Sgt. Donald Green, 308th Security Police Squadron, good condition, base hospital.Sgt. Rex Hukle, 308th MIMS, good condition, Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.Sgt. John Devlin, 308th MIMS, stable conditon, St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock.Tech Sgt. Ronald Christal, 308th MIMS, good condition, Conway Memorial Hospital in Conway.Tech Sgt. Michael Hanson, 308th MIMS, stable condition, Conway Memorial Hospital in Conway.Staff Sgt. Richie James, 308th MIMS, good condition, Conway Memorial Hospital in Conway.
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Fri, Sep 19, 1980
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