★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
Lt. William Marle '71, USN was lost on August 14, 1980 when the C-1A Trader (carrier transport) plane he was aboard crashed while attempting to land aboard USS Ranger (CV 61). The other three people aboard were also killed.
Bill was born in Sendai, Japan, the son of an army officer who was stationed there. At the Naval Academy he "quickly established a name for himself in two areas, the D&B and Eating." Following graduation he had a tour aboard USS Neosho (AO 143) as electrical division officer before flight training and his qualification as a Naval Flight Officer. His first operational squadron was with Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 21 and the then-new S-3A Viking aircraft. He completed a tour on the staff of Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing Pacific Fleet prior to his assignment to as an anti-submarine warfare module watch officer aboard Ranger.
He was survived by his wife; two sons, Benjamin Patrick and Daniel Eric; his parents; and his brother. (We and the Naval Academy Alumni Association have lost contact with the family. If you know how to find them please tell us!)
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/WILLIAM_H._MARLE,_LT,_USN