★★★ 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! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ALEXANDER_MCIVER,_JR.,_CAPT,_USAF