★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
ENS Steven Herning '79, USN was lost on November 21, 1979 when his TA-7C Corsair II had an engine failure at low level and crashed during simulated close air support training for troops in the field at Ft. Irwin. He was a temporary member of Air Development Squadron (VX) 5 and a special crew observer on the flight while awaiting naval aviator training.
Steven was from Las Vegas, Nevada, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his father, who was a Colonel in the US Air Force and who predeceased Steve by a year. He was survived by his mother.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/STEVEN_D._HERNING,_ENS,_USN