Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2009

1. The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots Marker

Inscription.

The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots. . In Loving Memory Of The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots Who made the supreme sacrifice over Vietnam , U.S.S. Intrepid CV-11 LtJG. Edward J. Broms, Jr., VA-66 . CDR. Legrande O. Cole,Jr., VA- 15 . LCDR. Philip C. Craig, VA-15 . LtJG. Frederick M. Kasch, VSF-3 . LtJG. Kenneth K. Knabb, VA-106 , U.S.S. Ticonderoga CV-14 Capt. Michael J. Estocin, VA-192 . Lt. John V. McCormick, VA-144 . LtJG Jerald L. Pineker, VA-144 U.S.S. Hancock CV-19 CDR. Donald E. Erwin, VA-164 . CDR. Frank C. Greene Jr., VA-212 . Capt. Roger M. Netherland, VA-94 . CDR. Henry B. Strong, Jr., VA-212 , U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard CV-31 Capt. Kenneth R. Cameron, VA-76 . Capt. Frank E. Fullerton, VA-93 . LtJG. Barry E. Karger, VA-93 . Lt. Le Land C.C. Sage,VA-144 . Capt. Homer L. Smith, VA-212 . LtJG. Neil B. Taylor, VA-192 . LCDR. John B. Worchester, VA-195 , U.S.S. Shangri-La CV-38 JtJ. John B. Golz, VA-172 , U.S.S. Oriskany CV-34 LCDR. John F. Barr, VA-164 . LtJG. Ralph C. Bisz, VA-163 . LCDR. Roy H. Bowling, VA-163 . LCDR. Donald V. Davis,VA-163 . LCDR. James E. Dooley, VA-163 . LCDR Frank C. Elkins, VA-164 . Lt. Ralph E. Foulks, Jr., VA-163 . CMDR. Richard D. Hartman, VA-164 . Lt. David L. Hodges, VA-164 . LtJG. Frederic Knapp, VA-164 . LCDR. Jeffrey M. Krommenhock, VA-163 . LCDR. Richard C. Perry, VA-164 . Capt. Trent R. Powers, VA-164 . Lt. Stanley K. Smiley, VA-23 , U.S.S. Midway CV-41 LtJG. Donald H. Brown, VA-23 . LtJG. David M. Christian, VA-23 , U.S.S. F.D. Roosevelt CV-42 Capt. Bruce A. Nystrom, VA-172 . LCDR. Claude D. Wilson, Jr., VA-72 . LCDR. Paul L. Worrell, VA-172 , U.S.S. Coral Sea CV-43 Lt. Michael J. Allard, VA-153 . LCDR. William T. Arnold, VA-22 . LtJG. Michael S. Confer, VA-23 . LCDR. William P. Cook, VA-155 . Lt. Edward A. Dickson,VA-155 . LCDR. Frederick J. Fortner, VA-155 . CDR. Peter J. Mongilardi, Jr., VA-153 . LT. Daniel H. Moran, Jr., VA-23 . Lt. William M. Roark, VA-153 . Lt. Larry J. Stevens, VA-216 . CDR. Harry E. Thomas, VA-153 , U.S.S. Ranger CV-61 Lt. James J. Connell, VA-55 . Capt. Hubert B. Loheed, VA-146 . CDR. Donald J. Woloszyk, VA-55 . LCDR. Walter S. Wood, VA-55 , U.S.S. Independence CV-62 LtJG. Joe R. Mossman, VA-72 , U.S.S. Kitty Hawk CV-63 Capt. John Abbott, VA-113 . LDCR. Jerry F. Hogan, VA-112 . LDCR. Alexander J. Palenscar, III, VA-112 . CDR. Robert Saavedra, VA-144 , U.S.S. Constellation CV-64 LCDR. Virgil K. Cameron, VA-155 . LCDR. William F. Coakley, VA-153 . LCDR. Harry S. Edward,Jr., VA-153 . LDCR. Charles R. Lee, VA-146 . CDR. Charles H. Peters, VA-155 . CDR. Gene A. Smith, VA-155 . CDR. George H. Wilkins, VA-153 , U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65 Lt. Frank R. Compton, VA-94 . LCDR. James S. Graham, VA-113 . LtJG. Donald C. MacLauughlin, VA-76 . LCDR. Paul W. Paine, VA- CVW-9 . Lt. John D. Prudhomme, VA-76 . Capt. Peter W. Sherman,VA-56 . LCDR. John M. Tiderman, VA-94 , .

In Loving Memory Of
The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots
Who made the supreme sacrifice over Vietnam

U.S.S. Intrepid CV-11
LtJG. Edward J. Broms, Jr., VA-66 • CDR. Legrande O. Cole,Jr., VA- 15 •
LCDR. Philip C. Craig, VA-15 • LtJG. Frederick M. Kasch, VSF-3 •
LtJG. Kenneth K. Knabb, VA-106

U.S.S. Ticonderoga CV-14
Capt. Michael J. Estocin, VA-192 • Lt. John V. McCormick, VA-144 • LtJG Jerald L. Pineker, VA-144

U.S.S. Hancock CV-19
CDR. Donald E. Erwin, VA-164 • CDR. Frank C. Greene Jr., VA-212 •
Capt. Roger M. Netherland, VA-94 • CDR. Henry B. Strong, Jr., VA-212

U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard CV-31
Capt. Kenneth R. Cameron, VA-76 • Capt. Frank E. Fullerton, VA-93 •
LtJG. Barry E. Karger, VA-93 • Lt. Le Land C.C. Sage,VA-144 •
Capt. Homer L. Smith, VA-212 • LtJG. Neil B. Taylor, VA-192 • LCDR. John B. Worchester, VA-195

U.S.S. Shangri-La CV-38
JtJ. John B. Golz, VA-172

U.S.S. Oriskany CV-34
LCDR. John F. Barr, VA-164 • LtJG. Ralph C. Bisz, VA-163 • LCDR. Roy H. Bowling, VA-163 •
LCDR. Donald V. Davis,VA-163 • LCDR. James E. Dooley, VA-163 • LCDR Frank C. Elkins, VA-164 •
Lt. Ralph E. Foulks, Jr., VA-163

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• CMDR. Richard D. Hartman, VA-164 • Lt. David L. Hodges, VA-164 •
LtJG. Frederic Knapp, VA-164 • LCDR. Jeffrey M. Krommenhock, VA-163 • LCDR. Richard C. Perry, VA-164 •
Capt. Trent R. Powers, VA-164 • Lt. Stanley K. Smiley, VA-23

U.S.S. Midway CV-41
LtJG. Donald H. Brown, VA-23 • LtJG. David M. Christian, VA-23

U.S.S. F.D. Roosevelt CV-42
Capt. Bruce A. Nystrom, VA-172 • LCDR. Claude D. Wilson, Jr., VA-72 • LCDR. Paul L. Worrell, VA-172

U.S.S. Coral Sea CV-43
Lt. Michael J. Allard, VA-153 • LCDR. William T. Arnold, VA-22 • LtJG. Michael S. Confer, VA-23 •
LCDR. William P. Cook, VA-155 • Lt. Edward A. Dickson,VA-155 • LCDR. Frederick J. Fortner, VA-155 •
CDR. Peter J. Mongilardi, Jr., VA-153 • LT. Daniel H. Moran, Jr., VA-23 • Lt. William M. Roark, VA-153 •
Lt. Larry J. Stevens, VA-216 • CDR. Harry E. Thomas, VA-153

U.S.S. Ranger CV-61
Lt. James J. Connell, VA-55 • Capt. Hubert B. Loheed, VA-146 •
CDR. Donald J. Woloszyk, VA-55 • LCDR. Walter S. Wood, VA-55

U.S.S. Independence CV-62
LtJG. Joe R. Mossman, VA-72

U.S.S. Kitty Hawk CV-63
Capt. John Abbott, VA-113 • LDCR. Jerry F. Hogan, VA-112 •
LDCR. Alexander J. Palenscar, III, VA-112 • CDR. Robert

The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, May 12, 2009

2. The A-4 Skyhawk Pilots

Saavedra, VA-144

U.S.S. Constellation CV-64
LCDR. Virgil K. Cameron, VA-155 • LCDR. William F. Coakley, VA-153 •
LCDR. Harry S. Edward,Jr., VA-153 • LDCR. Charles R. Lee, VA-146 • CDR. Charles H. Peters, VA-155 •
CDR. Gene A. Smith, VA-155 • CDR. George H. Wilkins, VA-153

U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65
Lt. Frank R. Compton, VA-94 • LCDR. James S. Graham, VA-113 • LtJG. Donald C. MacLauughlin, VA-76 •
LCDR. Paul W. Paine, VA- CVW-9 • Lt. John D. Prudhomme, VA-76 •
Capt. Peter W. Sherman,VA-56 • LCDR. John M. Tiderman, VA-94

Erected by Gratefully Donated By The Skyhawk Pilots Who Came Back.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Heroes • Military • War, Vietnam.

Location. 32° 47.493′ N, 79° 54.496′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is on Patriots Point Road. Aboard the USS Yorktown. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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: A4C Skyhawk (here, next to this marker); The F-4 Phantom Pilots (a few steps from this marker); F-4J Phantom II

The A-4 Skyhawk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Wikipedia

3. The A-4 Skyhawk

Notable naval aviators who flew the Skyhawk included Lieutenant Commanders Everett Alvarez Jr. and John McCain, and Commander James Stockdale. On 1 May 1967, an A-4C Skyhawk piloted by Lieutenant Commander Theodore R. Swartz of VA-76 aboard the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard, shot down a Soviet-built MiG-17 with an unguided Zuni rocket as the Skyhawk's only air-to-air victory of the Vietnam war.

(a few steps from this marker); F/A-18A Hornet (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); E-1B Tracer (about 400 feet away); Clamagore (SS-343) (about 400 feet away); The A-7E Corsair II (about 500 feet away); SH-3G Sea King (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.

Also see . . . The A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft. (Submitted on May 26, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 5,353 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.