★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LCDR Raymond O'Hare, USN '88 was lost on July 11, 2000 when the plane he was aboard crashed while landing at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. He was a student at the Naval Test Pilot School since January; he would have graduated in December. The pilot of the aircraft was also killed.
Ray was born in Chicago Heights and raised there and in Palos Heights, Illinois. He was the youngest of four children. His older brother Mark is a 1976 graduate. Ray does not appear to have attended the Naval Academy for very long; it was not mentioned in his obituary.
His high school principal and social studies teacher remembered “This kid was special. He was a class act. He was bright, respectful and cordial. The kind of kid every teacher wants in his class.”
After leaving the Naval Academy, he attended Harvard. In late 1989 he entered officer candidate school and graduated at the top of his class in 1990. Afer becoming a radar intercept officer in F-14 Tomcats, he served in various squadrons in California. He married his wife, Colleen, in 1992.
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, ages 3 and 4, and a 10-month-old son, his parents, and his three siblings.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/RAYMOND_E._O'HARE,_LCDR,_USN