Millett 's first marriage , to Virginia Young , ended in divorce . During the festivities surrounding his Medal of Honor award in 1951 , he met Winona Williams . The two were later married and had four children : Lewis Lee Jr. , Timothy , John , and Elizabeth . By the time of Winona Millett 's death in 1993 , the couple had been married over 40 years . Millett 's son John , an Army staff sergeant , was among more than 240 U.S. military members killed in 1985 when their airplane , Arrow Air Flight 1285 , crashed in Gander , Newfoundland , while carrying them home from peacekeeping duty in the Sinai Peninsula
Arrow Air Flight 1285
Arrow Air Flight 1285
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