★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LT Richard Pugh, USN '95 was lost on August 9, 2001 when the F-14 Tomcat he was aboard crashed into the Indian Ocean. He was a member of Fighter Squadron (VF) 2, flying from USS Constellation (CV 64).
Richard was a graduate of Temecula Valley High School (California) and the Marion Military Institute (Alabama). After graduation and commissioning from the Naval Academy, he earned his wings of gold as a naval flight officer in August 1997.
"Shipmates remembered a devoted father who spent long nights at sea watching home videos of his 2-year-old daughter, Ashley Elizabeth."
In addition to his daughter, he was survived by his wife of six years Jeanine, "mother and stepfather Vivian and Don Middlebrooks of Denton, Texas; father and stepmother Carl and Sandy Pugh of Temecula; brothers David and Larry Austin of Corinth, Texas, Tim Austin of Valley Center, Dale Huntington of Divide, Colo., and Kevin Huntington of Webster City, Iowa; sisters Sherri Austin of California, Julie Smyth and Cyndi Agan of Murrieta and Elizabeth Agan of Escondido; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins."
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/RICHARD_S._PUGH,_LT,_USN