In Memory of

Class of 2001
Date of Passing Oct 20, 2004

Airman First Class Jesse Monroe Samek (died October 21, 2004) was a United States Air Force flight engineer deployed to Afghanistan from the 66th Rescue Squadron based out of Nellis Air Force Base, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died when the HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter he was in crashed northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan during a rescue mission. The Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan was named Camp Samek ater his death.