Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: 7 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Aircraft accident
Location: Puerto Rico
Incident Date: 8/24/1990
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Lerner, Officer Matthew Baker, Officer Paul Perlt, and Officer Duane Stenback were killed in an airplane accident while conducting a drug surveillance operation in the Caribbean. The E-2C Hawkeye experience mechanical difficulties and crashed as the pilot attempted to land in Puerto Rico.
Officer Lerner had served with the Coats Guard for 7 years. He was single at the time of his death.
Related Line of Duty Deaths
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Coast Guard Officer Matthew Harold Baker |
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Coast Guard Officer Paul Erik Perlt |
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Coast Guard Officer Duane Elmer Stenback |



