Lieutenant Junior Grade Mike McCarthy, 24, of Seattle was lost at sea when his light attack jet aircraft crashed off the California Coast.
Mike was flying an A-7B (Corsair II) when it crashed during night operations off the USS Hancock (CVA-19), west of San Francisco.
It was believed there was an explosion. A search turned up nothing. McCarthy, was a 1968 Washington State University graduate, where he was a member of the Washington Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Mike entered active duty with the Navy later in 1968.
He was stationed at the Lemoore Naval Air Station. His wife, Andres, and their month-old daughter, Erin, survive.
Mike was flying an A-7B (Corsair II) when it crashed during night operations off the USS Hancock (CVA-19), west of San Francisco.
It was believed there was an explosion. A search turned up nothing. McCarthy, was a 1968 Washington State University graduate, where he was a member of the Washington Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Mike entered active duty with the Navy later in 1968.
He was stationed at the Lemoore Naval Air Station. His wife, Andres, and their month-old daughter, Erin, survive.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Mike McCarthy, 24, of Seattle was lost at sea when his light attack jet aircraft crashed off the California Coast.
Mike was flying an A-7B (Corsair II) when it crashed during night operations off the USS Hancock (CVA-19), west of San Francisco.
It was believed there was an explosion. A search turned up nothing. McCarthy, was a 1968 Washington State University graduate, where he was a member of the Washington Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Mike entered active duty with the Navy later in 1968.
He was stationed at the Lemoore Naval Air Station. His wife, Andres, and their month-old daughter, Erin, survive.
Mike was flying an A-7B (Corsair II) when it crashed during night operations off the USS Hancock (CVA-19), west of San Francisco.
It was believed there was an explosion. A search turned up nothing. McCarthy, was a 1968 Washington State University graduate, where he was a member of the Washington Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Mike entered active duty with the Navy later in 1968.
He was stationed at the Lemoore Naval Air Station. His wife, Andres, and their month-old daughter, Erin, survive.
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