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Year Honored
2009
Honoree
Leroy C. Shelton
Agency
Flight for Life
Agency City
Pahrump
Agency State
NV
Last Call
4/4/99
Cause of Death
Medical Aviation Accident
Biography
"Leroy wanted nothing more than to be a nurse responding to emergencies in helicopters," stated his chief flight nurse. He had been with the flight team just two weeks and would have made a great flight nurse. He had a real passion for the job. Larry had realized his dream, and that is something good to say about this tragedy.<br /> <br /> Leroy C. Shelton, 37, was killed in the line of duty on April 4, 1999. The medical helicopter crashed into a patch of land near Indian Springs, Nevada, as it returned to its rural base after the transport of a patient in Las Vegas, Nevada.<br /> <br /> Shelton was a paramedic with Flight for Life out of Las Vegas, Nevada.<br /> <br /> Honored 2009