Master Sgt. Michael Ty Kettenhofen was a member of the Army’s elite Golden Knights parachute team and had served multiple deployments.
Master Sgt. Michael Ty Kettenhofen was the tie that held those around him together, his brother said.
Kettenhofen, 37, died on March 13 in a parachute training accident on a Florida air reserve base. Community members are being encouraged to join those whose lives he touched in lining the streets from the Ontario Airport to a Menifee funeral home with American flags on Thursday, March 23, to welcome home the 18-year active duty Army soldier who will be buried on Monday at the Riverside National Cemetery, where his grandparents are buried, with full military honors.
“They were something we were extremely proud of,” Campbell said of the siblings’ grandfathers. “Serving in the military was a big deal in our family.” Campbell said his brother, who leaves behind a 9-year-old daughter, “was looking for a bit more stability in his life and fewer chances of deployment,” when he joined the Golden Knights. The elite skydivers, pilots and jumpers are part of the Army’s recruiting efforts and perform around the United States and the globe for more than 200 days a year.
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