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Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder

 
 
Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2009
1. Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder Marker
Inscription.
In Loving Memory of
The Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder Airmen
Who made the supreme sacrifice while flying combat missions during the Vietnam War, The War on terrorism, and the Persian Gulf War
Vietnam War
U.S.S. Midway CV-41
Lt. Robert A, Clark, VA-113 • Lt. Michael T. McCormick, VA-115
U.S.S. Independence CV-62
Lt. Robert F. Barber, VA 75 • CDR. Leonard F. Vost, Jr., VA-75
U.S.S. Constellation CV-64
LtJG. John R. Babcock, VA-196 • LCDR. Michael L. Bouchard, VA-196 •
LCDR. Jimmy L. Buckley, VA 196 • CDR. Frederick L, Holmes, VA-165 •
LCDR. Charles E. Marik, VA-65 • LT. Gary J. Meyer, VA-196 •
CDR. Richard D. Morro, VA-196 • LCDR. Dain V. Scott, VA-196 •
CDR. Domenick A. Spinelli, VA-196 • LCDR. Forrest G. Trembley, VA-196 •
LCDR. Larry J. Van Renselaar, VA-196 • CDR. James J. Wright, VA-196

U.S.S. Coral Sea CV-43
LCDR. James D. Hunt, VA-52 • Capt. Scott D. Ketchie, USMC VMA-224 •
Maj. Joseph W. McDonald, USMC VMA-224 • Capt. Quinlan R. Orell, VA-52 •
Maj. David B. Williams, USMC VMA-224 • Maj. Roger E. Wilson, USMC VMA-224

U.S.S. Saratoga CV-60
LCDR. Robert S. Grustein, VA-75 • CDR. Barton S. Wade, VA-75 •
U.S.S. Kitty
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Hawk CV-63
CDR. Ellis E. Austin, VA-85 • Capt. Billie J. Cartwright, VA-85 • Capt. John C. Ellison, VA-85 •
CDR. Edward F. Gold, VA-85 • Capt. Jack E. Keller, VA-85 • LCDR. Roderick B. Lester, VA-52 •
LCDR. Gilbert L. Mitchell, VA-75 • LCDR. Harry S. Mossman, VA-52 • LtJG. Joseph V. Murray, VA-85 •
CDR. Richard C. Nelson, VA-75 • LtJG. William B. Nickerson, VA-85 • CDR. John D. Peace III, VA-75 •
LCDR. James E. Plowman, VA-85 • LtJG. Thomas A. Schroeffel, VA-85 •
LCDR. Robert F. Weimorts, VA-85 • CDR. William P. Yarbrough, Jr., VA-85

U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65
LCDR. Nicholas M. Carpenter, VA-35 • CDR. Henry A. Coons, VA-35 • Lt. Richard C. Lannon, VA-35 •
LCDR. James K, Patterson, VA-35 • Capt. Thomas E. Scheurich, VA-35 • LCDR. Thomas Stegman, VA-35

U.S.S. Ranger CV-61
LCDR. Nicholas C. Brooks, VA-196 • CDR. Richard F. Collins, VA-196 •
LCDR. Richard C. Deuter, VA-196 • LCDR. Michael E. Dunn, VA-165 •
Capt. Norman E. Eidsmoe, VA-196 • Lt. Bruce C. Fryar, VA-196 • CDR. Michael E. Quinn, VA- 196

U.S.S. America CV-66
LCDR. Alan F. Ashall, VA-85 • LCDR. Kenneth R. Buell, VA-35 •
Capt. Verne G. Donnelly, VA-35 • LCDR. Robert R. Duncan, VA-85


War on Terrorism
Raid on Lebanon 12/4/83
U.S.S.
Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 12, 2009
2. Carrier-Based A-6 Intruder
The A-6 Intruder is an American twin jet-engine, mid-wing attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. In service between 1963 and 1997
Kennedy CV-67
Lt. Mark A. Lange, VA-85

Persian Gulf War
U.S.S. Ranger CV-61
LT. William G. Costen, VA-155 • Lt. Charles J. Turner, VA-155
U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
Lt. Patrick K. Connor, VA-36 • LCDR. Barry T. Cooke, VA-36

Gratefully Donated By the A-6 Intruder Airmen Who Came Home

 
Erected by Gratefully Donated By the A-6 Intruder Airmen Who Came Home.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceMilitaryWar, 1st Iraq & Desert StormWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 32° 47.404′ N, 79° 54.503′ W. Memorial is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on Patriots Point Road. Located aboard the USS Yorktown. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A-6E Intruder (here, next to this marker); F-8K Crusader (a few steps from this marker); S-3B Viking (a few steps from this marker); The A-7E Corsair II (within shouting distance of this marker); SH-3G Sea King (within shouting distance of this
A-6 Intruder image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Wikipedia
3. A-6 Intruder
See nearby marker for more about A-6 Intruder
marker); S-2 Tracker (within shouting distance of this marker); E-1B Tracer (within shouting distance of this marker); Clamagore (SS-343) (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,278 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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