★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
LTjg Patrick Inglis, USN, '80 was lost on May 22, 1983 when the A-6E Intruder he was piloting stalled at a low altitude and crashed near a Soviet aircraft carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. He was attached to VA-65 operating from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). His bombardier/navigator, LCDR John Austin, was also killed.
From his brother, Chris (USAFA '76):
* Raised in Linthicum, MD as the 4th child of 6. His father (Robert) was a foot soldier in the 3rd Army and earned the Silver Star in Europe. Pat's Dad and Mom (Kathleen) are buried at Arlington about 50 yards from Pat's memorial stone (Pat's remains were never recovered)
* Pat described himself as a late bloomer ... good at sports but late to his academics. When he caught fire in his senior year of high school he did extremely well but found the prep school as the right path to the Academy where he never looked back
* Pat attended the USNA Prep School (1975-1976) and played varsity Lacrosse at USNA for his first two years. He was very outgoing and typically took a carload of his classmates home to Linthicum for home cooking and laundry every weekend that liberty was granted throughout his time on the Yard.
* He was in 3rd Company all 4 years and served as the winter Company Commander in 1979-1980. He dated his HS sweetheart, Valerie Milewski, all through USNA and they married in the chapel in January 1981
* Pat went to pilot training straight out of USNA and was selected for A6's
* He reported aboard the Ike (VA65) in March 1983 and immediately deployed for the Med
* While on a 2-ship reconn of a Soviet taskforce on 22 May 1983, his aircraft went down alongside a Soviet aircraft carrier ... no remains were ever recovered from the site.
* Pat is remembered each spring through an award to the Midshipman graduating first in the Class, "The LTJG Patrick K Inglis, USN Memorial Award"
Pat was survived by his widow, parents, two brothers, three sisters, and maternal grandparents.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/PATRICK_K._INGLIS,_LTJG,_USN