★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LT Kelly Mackey, USN '90 was lost on March 6, 1998 when the SH-60B Seahawk helicopter he was aboard crashed in the San Bernardino Mountains near Crestline, California. Four others aboard were also killed; they were members of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 47. The aircraft was enroute from Naval Air Station North Island, California to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Kelly was a native of San Jose, California. Following high school he attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School; at USNA he "lettered on the 150 pound football team and was named to the all conference team. He graduated from the Naval Academy on 30 May 1990 and reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL for pilot flight training. He received his cherished Navy Wings of Gold in April 1994."
He was survived by his wife, two sons (4 years and 8 months old), parents, grandfather, two sisters, and two "brother-cousins".
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/KELLY_E._MACKEY,_LT,_USN