"Dr. Michael Okada was twenty-eight years old when he went to Guatemala in 1976 as a volunteer to offer his medical skills to the rural people of Guatemala. Dr. Okada, a resident in Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California, was very interested in Father Woods' work in establishing agricultural cooperatives for rural Guatemalans. He planned to be in Guatemala for a short time period and then planned to return to his residency at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Okada was a passenger on the plane flown by Father William Woods that crashed on November 20, 1976."

The above is taken from a complaint filed by Kimi Okada, Mike's sister, in The United Staes DIstrict Court for the District of Columbia in 2002.

Michael attented Carleton College in Northfied, MN.  He died 20 Nov 1976 at the age of 29, and is buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA.

DJB