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Four Missing Air Crewmen Killed, Identified
From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

JAPAN (NNS) -- The four air crewmen killed in the crash of an S-3B Viking aircraft Aug. 10, operating from the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) have been identified.

Ø Lt. Patrick Sean Myrick, age 31, of Seattle

Ø Lt. James Joseph Pupplo, age 34, of Selden, N.Y.

Ø Lt. Cmdr. Scott Allen Zellem, age 35, of Indiana, Penn.

Ø Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Joshua Brent Showalter, age 24, of Fontana, Calif.

The aviators were assigned to Sea Control Squadron (VS) 35, based at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., when their aircraft impacted Kita Iwo Jima, an uninhabited island located approximately 39 nautical miles north of Iwo Jima. The air crew was conducting a routine training mission as part of the Joint Air-Sea Exercise (JASEX) '04 with the Stennis and USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) carrier strike groups in the vicinity of Iwo Jima island chain when communications were lost at approximately 7:42 p.m. (local time), Aug. 10. The U.S. Navy is actively conducting a mishap investigation into the cause of the incident.

Donations for the children of the VS-35 mishap can be made to the "Blue Wolf Memorial Fund" and sent to:

Ø COMSEACONWINGPAC
C/O LCDR Dietz
NAS North Island
PO Box 357131
San Diego, CA 92135-7131

Donations received will be split amongst the four families of Zellem, Myrick, Pupplo and Showalter. Should a person wish to donate to a specific family, please indicate this in the memo section of the check.

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