JAMES H. LOVE, LT, USN

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

LT James Love, USN '81 was lost on December 19, 1990 when his helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 700 miles northeast of Guam. He was operating from USS Tripoli (LPH 10); the other three men aboard were also killed.

From the April 1991 issue of Shipmate:

Born on 23 June 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from Maryland with the Class of 1981. He left the Academy and completed his degree at Towson State University, Towson, Maryland. He re-entered the Navy under the Aviation Officer Candidate program and won his commission on 13 August 1982.

After receiving his wings as a helicopter pilot, he was stationed with HC-8 at NAS Norfolk; he made two deployments to the Mediterranean and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.

Lt. Love then reported to HC-3, NAS North Island, California, as an H-46 FRS instructor pilot. He held jobs as flight scheduler, NATOPS officer and finally as the H-46 NATOPS model manager.

In TRIPOLI, his assignment was in Air Operations.

Lt. Love is survived by his wife, Cynthia and three children, Erin, James Matthew, and Bethany Marie; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Love, of Annapolis.

To Honor! ⚓

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FRED B. CANNON, JR., ENS, USNR

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

ENS Fred Cannon, Jr., USNR '40 was only at the Naval Academy for 9 months prior to his resignation. He returned home to West Virginia, and by 1940 was working at the Federal Security Agency, Social Security Board in Clarksburg, WV. A tall and skinny young man -- his draft registration lists him as 6' tall, 140 lbs -- he was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve sometime before April 1942.

On June 10, 1942 he left aboard USS Mizar, a contracted stores ship, with task force 39, centered around USS Wasp (CV 7). At some point in the next three months he moved to WASP; he was aboard that ship when she was torpedoed on September 15, 1942. One hundred ninety two of Fred's shipmates died when WASP sank, including five other alumni.

Fred was survived by his parents.

His photograph was only recently discovered by volunteer researcher Kathy Franz.

To Honor! ⚓

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JOEL A. KORKOWSKI, LT, USN

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

LT Joel Korkowski, USN '94 was lost on October 18, 2002 when his F/A-18F Super Hornet collided with another over the Pacific Ocean near California. The three other crewmen aboard the two aircraft, including Matt Shubzda '98, were also killed.

A native of Houston, Texas, Joel graduated Clear Lake High School in 1990 and attended the Naval Academy for two years prior to resigning. He then attended and graduated from Texas A&M University, graduating in 1994 with a degree in aerospace engineering.

A family friend said of Joel: "He's not like any kid you could ever meet. He made such a positive impression on everyone around him."

His wife, Kristin, survived him. She was seven months pregnant at the time of his death with their daughter, Skylar. He was also survived by his mother and brother.

To Honor! ⚓

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JOHN S. WILLEY, 1LT, USA

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

1LT John Willey, US Army was a former member of the Class of 1944; he resigned in April 1941. On August 30, 1943 he was a pilot of a P-38 Lightning fighter with the Army Air Forces over Italy when he was killed in action. He was a member of the 71st Fighter Squadron, and escorting a group of heavy bombers at the time. His fighter group consisted of 44 aircraft; they were engaged by 75 German fighters. Thirteen of the American aircraft were lost in the engagement, though not all of the pilots were killed.

His high school yearbook wrote "he was a hit with all the gals, noted for his conceit ... named Apollo in the school horoscope ... in the future, he owns an escort bureau ... bequeathed his green satin shirt to xx to make the girls jealous with."

A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was survived by his mother.

To Honor! ⚓

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DAVID D. LAIRD, FLT LT, RCAF

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

David Laird was a member of the Class of 1942 until June 1940 when he was "permitted to resign." On this date (July 26) in 1944 he was killed when the light bomber he was piloting crashed during an armed reconnaissance flight near Florence, Italy. At the time he was a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Air Force (flying with a Royal Air Force squadron); he had joined the RCAF sometime before December 1941.

Though he was born in Iowa, he grew up near Colgate University, New York, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state. Prior to his RCAF time he had been working as a radio repairman in Baltimore.

He was survived by his father and grandmother.

To Honor! ⚓

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NEAL T. LIPPY, CAPT, USMC

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

On this date (July 12) in 1985, Capt. Neal Lippy, USMC '79 non-graduate was killed when the CH-53D Sea Stallion he was piloting crashed into a hillside on Okinawa. The three other Marines aboard were also lost.

Neal was a native of Littlestown, Pennsylvania; he graduated Littlestown High School in 1975, where he quarterbacked the football team to an undefeated season. He left the Naval Academy sometime during or possibly shortly after plebe summer, but commissioned into the Marines following his graduation from Mansfield College (Pennsylvania) in 1979.

He was survived by his wife, his parents, three sisters, and a brother.

To Honor! ⚓

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ALEXANDER MCIVER, JR., CAPT, USAF

★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★

CAPT Alexander McIver, Jr., USAF, was a non-graduate member of the Class of 1960. On this date (May 3) in 1972 he was killed in action in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam when his C-130E was shot down. "He left the Academy in June 1958 and entered the U of Colorado. After graduation he was commissioned in the Air Force and attended navigational training at James Connally AFB, TX. He received his Master’s degree from the U of Missouri in 1970."

A few years ago we received an email from Alex's sister in law. It read in part: "He was very precise about everything he did. I remember he helped my dad put up panelling in our family room. He nearly drove my dad crazy because he had to measure everything with his slide rule. Also, after every saw cut he had to make to get all the saw dust off his clothes. I know he was a good man that treated my sister and her boys well. I never heard him say anything bad about anyone.

"He was always very kind to us anytime we visited. I remember visiting them in Missouri for two weeks one summer. I remember that he was very smart with the family finances. He left my sister and her two boys well taken care of when he passed away. He had invested in the stock market mostly in Boeing. He also had multiple insurance policies for his family including one for his mother so that she was taken care of too. He was very thoughtful."

He was survived by his wife, Pat, two sons Jeffrey and Patrick, his mother, and his brother.

To Honor! ⚓

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LOUIS P. HAGAN, ENS, USNR

Louis Hagan '45 was "deficient in studies" and resigned from the Naval Academy in 1942. His service did not end then, however. On February 17, 1945 he was an Ensign in the Naval Reserve and aboard USS LCI(G) 471, providing close-in gunfire support to underwater demolition teams (UDT) who were preparing the beaches of Iwo Jima for the invasion two days later.

At 11:32 that morning, his ship was ordered to retire after "having received two additional hits which killed nine men, wounded six, disabled the bow 40mm gun and started another fire." Two of the wounded later died.

Louis's commanding officer — one of five officers aboard the ship — was awarded the Navy Cross, and the entire LCI(G) group was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their heroism that day. (Another commanding officer in the group was awarded the Medal of Honor.)

Louis was from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and was survived by his mother, sister, and brother.

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