Age 26. Lt. U.S. Naval aviator attached to carrier Coral Sea. Killed in air mission over Vietnam April 7, 1965. 1960 graduate of Annapolis. Married with three children. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palms, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, first class color with palm, the Vietnam Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and Vietnam’s National Order Medal. Naval Destroyer escort ship, the USS Roark, named in his honor.