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LT Michael Wilson, USN '81 was lost when his A-6E crashed shortly after takeoff from Oceana Naval Air Station on May 22, 1986. The pilot, LT James Hoban, was also killed, as was a pregnant woman on the ground. He was en route to Puerto Rico to join USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).
He graduated Shawnee High School in Medford Lakes, New Jersey; he was captain of the soccer team and an all-state selectee. At the Naval Academy he was soccer team captain for both his 1/c and 2/c years. The men's team awards the Lt. Michael F. Wilson Soccer Award to the player who best demonstrates the strongest will to win and desire to do the best for his team.
Following graduation he spent six months at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and then began flight training at Pensacola, Florida. He had deployed once aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) to the Mediterranean Sea.
Michael was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson Jr., a brother, and three sisters.
To Honor! ⚓
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