★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LT Paul Ambrogi, USN '88 was lost on July 23, 1993 when the A-6 Intruder he was piloting crashed northwest of Roanoke, Virginia. The bombardier/navigator aboard was also killed. They were members of Attack Squadron (VA) 75, flying from Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.
From the October 1993 issue of "Shipmate:"
Paul was born in Richmond, Virginia, on 26 July 1966. He began his naval aviation career in Pensacola, Florida, and was subsequently selected for jet training at NAS Meridian, Mississippi. After completing intermediate and advanced carrier jet qualifications at Training Squadrons Nineteen and Seven, he earned his "Wings of Gold" on 1 June 1990. Paul then traveled to NAS Oceana, Virginia, and reported aboard Attack Squadron Forty-Two for A-6E "Intruder" pilot training. In December of 1991 he was assigned to the "Sunday Punchers" of Attack Squadron Seventy-Five, where he was designated an A-6 section leader. During Paul's tour in VA-75, he accumulated over 900 total flight hours, 180 carrier landings and completed a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas aboard USS JOHN F KENNEDY (CV-67) flying missions in support of operation "Provide Promise."
Paul received the ComNavAirLant Battle "E" ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Sea Service ribbon and numerous personal and unit awards and decorations.
Paul is survived by his father and mother. Franco and Ruth Ambrogi, his two brothers, Mark Lawrence Ambrogi and Anthony Francis Ambrogi, and his sister, Maria Theresa Reardon.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/PAUL_A._AMBROGI,_LT,_USN