★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
Captain Stephen Burley '77, USMC was lost on March 24, 1984 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed during a joint military exercise with South Korean marines. Twenty-eight others were also killed.
From the November 1984 issue of Shipmate:
After attending the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, he was appointed to the Naval Academy Class of 1977 from the State of New Jersey. Upon graduation he was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps and reported to The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia. Following his designation as a Naval Aviator on 2 November 1979, he was ordered to MAG-16, 3rd MAW, onboard MCAS (H) Tustin.
At the time of his death, he was deployed to Okinawa with HMH-361. He was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.
He is survived by his widow Jude, his son Stephen Joseph, Jr., his parents, and two brothers.
To Honor! ⚓
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