Lt US Navy
Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA 195), based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
He was the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet that was lost when US Patriot anti-missile batteries shot down the jet because the systems mistook the plane for Iraqi missiles. He grew up in Abilene, TX, and graduated from Cooper High School in 1991. He graduated from Brigham Young University and spent two years as a missionary in Japan. He moved to Mesa, AZ and lived there for two years before joining the Navy.
He was survived by his wife; and three children.
Interment on April 24, 2003.
Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA 195), based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
He was the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet that was lost when US Patriot anti-missile batteries shot down the jet because the systems mistook the plane for Iraqi missiles. He grew up in Abilene, TX, and graduated from Cooper High School in 1991. He graduated from Brigham Young University and spent two years as a missionary in Japan. He moved to Mesa, AZ and lived there for two years before joining the Navy.
He was survived by his wife; and three children.
Interment on April 24, 2003.
Lt US Navy
Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA 195), based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
He was the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet that was lost when US Patriot anti-missile batteries shot down the jet because the systems mistook the plane for Iraqi missiles. He grew up in Abilene, TX, and graduated from Cooper High School in 1991. He graduated from Brigham Young University and spent two years as a missionary in Japan. He moved to Mesa, AZ and lived there for two years before joining the Navy.
He was survived by his wife; and three children.
Interment on April 24, 2003.
Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five (VFA 195), based in Atsugi, Japan, and deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW 5) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
He was the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet that was lost when US Patriot anti-missile batteries shot down the jet because the systems mistook the plane for Iraqi missiles. He grew up in Abilene, TX, and graduated from Cooper High School in 1991. He graduated from Brigham Young University and spent two years as a missionary in Japan. He moved to Mesa, AZ and lived there for two years before joining the Navy.
He was survived by his wife; and three children.
Interment on April 24, 2003.
