VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1982

Military Service Branch

US Navy

Years of Service

Served to 1993

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

Highest Rank Attained

Type of Separation

Awards and Decorations

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

Aviator on a E-2C Hawkeye

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

Served in Bosnia on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic Sea. Lieutenant Ardaiz served in the Persian Gulf war

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

Though never recovered, Lt. Ardaiz has a memorial at Arlington National

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Website, Blog or Social Media Link

Patrick Ardaiz, navigator on plane that crashed during Bosnia flight – Baltimore Sun