★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
ENS Patrick Young '75, USN was lost on March 1, 1977 when the F-4 Phantom II he was piloting crashed in North Carolina. He and his radar intercept officer, who was also killed, were members of Fighter Squadron (VF) 101.
From the Lucky Bag:
Pat came to the banks of the Severn having seen the ocean only once as a seven year old. His hometown of Independence, Missouri had little to offer in the way of water sports, but after a knee injury made it impossible to play football and run track, he took to sailing like a fish to water. The afternoons and weekends would nearly always find him racing aboard one of the yawls or Class "A" yachts, and he served as commodore of the Midshipmen Sailing Squadron.
Pat's love for the Navy is only exceeded by his determination to succeed. This is reinforced by his self-description as "an individual of mediocre ability but high motivation". We wish him the best of luck as he wings his way through the skies of Pensacola and into the Fleet.
"Don't complain about how the ball bounces, if you dropped it."
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/PATRICK_E._YOUNG,_ENS,_USN