★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LCDR Landon Jones, USN '01 was lost on September 22, 2013 when his helicopter was destroyed on the deck of USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) while operating in the Red Sea. The other crewman aboard was also killed.
One classmate said, "Landon 'LBJ' Jones was a wonderful husband, great father and an excellent pilot. The world was a better place with Landon in it and he will be missed by all of his friends."
From the Lompoc Record:
Vincent Culliver, a friend of Jones’ since first grade, recalled when Jones resolved to play hockey and made his own ice rink. “I told my kid the other day, ‘Never say you can’t do anything; Landon made an ice rink in his backyard with wood,’” Culliver said during his eulogy. “He just set some wood up, put the water out there – he knew it was going to freeze the next day – and the next thing you know he was ice skating in a circle.”
Jones was also a thrill-seeker who loved fast-moving vehicles from a young age, his friends and family remembered at the service. As a child he built model airplanes and drew cockpit controls onto cardboard boxes so he could pretend he was flying. As he grew older, he eventually owned a Chevrolet Camaro and a Dodge Viper.
Ned Shores, Jones’ biology teacher at Cabrillo High School, said that affinity for excitement was one reason he decided to pursue the career path he did in the Navy. “Landon told me that if he didn’t get the F-18, then his second choice was not going to be flying other planes because they’re boring,” Shores said. “But he was going to fly helicopters because flying helicopters demanded (that) you gave all your attention.”
Landon was survived by his wife Theresa, sons Anthony and Hunter, mom Debbi, father Larry and brother Nolan.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/LANDON_L._JONES,_LCDR,_USN