MARK R. POHLMEYER, LCDR, USN
Mark Pohlmeyer '79
Lucky Bag
From the 1979 Lucky Bag:
Mark R. Pohlmeyer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Name: Mark Robert Pohlmeyer
Alias: Mo
Bust: 42
Waist: 31
Hips: Quick
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170
Age: 22
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sign: Capricorn
Major: Space (Aero)
Goals: To become a Navy pilot, captain of a viper and eventually “command in space” (my own battlestar).
Sports: Wrestling, football, skiing
Turn-Ons: The ocean, high places, wild animals and/or women, gambling in Vegas, honest Mitch’s, and watch squad inspection.
Turn-Offs: Hippies, commis, dopers and girls who like to hold hands
Favorite Movies: Rocky, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Dant’s Call on ETV
Favorite Pastimes: Body surfing at the beach all day and going out with some crazy friends trying night moves. Also, necking it with some nerds in Nimitz.
Personal Fantasy: To make out with Marie Osmond in the upper lounge at “Disco Dahlgren,” and to become the “Hulk” and ravage formation during a Thursday noon inspection.
Favorite Saying: Super, tops, city boy.
Mark R. Pohlmeyer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Name: Mark Robert Pohlmeyer
Alias: Mo
Bust: 42
Waist: 31
Hips: Quick
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170
Age: 22
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sign: Capricorn
Major: Space (Aero)
Goals: To become a Navy pilot, captain of a viper and eventually “command in space” (my own battlestar).
Sports: Wrestling, football, skiing
Turn-Ons: The ocean, high places, wild animals and/or women, gambling in Vegas, honest Mitch’s, and watch squad inspection.
Turn-Offs: Hippies, commis, dopers and girls who like to hold hands
Favorite Movies: Rocky, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Dant’s Call on ETV
Favorite Pastimes: Body surfing at the beach all day and going out with some crazy friends trying night moves. Also, necking it with some nerds in Nimitz.
Personal Fantasy: To make out with Marie Osmond in the upper lounge at “Disco Dahlgren,” and to become the “Hulk” and ravage formation during a Thursday noon inspection.
Favorite Saying: Super, tops, city boy.
Loss
Mark was lost when his A-7 Corsair II, of Attack Squadron (VA) 122, collided with another A-7 on May 6, 1986 over the Pacific Ocean. He was on a low-level navigation training mission out of Lemoore Naval Air Station; the other pilot, LT(jg) Brian D. Myers, was also killed.
Other Information
From the July/August 1986 issue of Shipmate:
Lt. Mark R. Pohlmeyer died on 6 May 1986 while on a training flight from NAS Lemoore, California. He had been an Instructor Pilot with Attack Squadron 122 since April 1985.
Born in Pennsylvania, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1979 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. He entered flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator on 24 April 1981.
Lt. Pohlmeyer's Navy duty included tours with VT-3, TW5 at NAS Whiting Field from October 1979 until May 1980 and VT-26/VT-25, TW3 at NAS Chase Field from May 1980 to April 1981. He then reported to VA-122 as a Fleet Replacement Pilot where he remained until April of 1982. He reported to VA-22 for a three-year tour as a Fleet Pilot before returning to VA-122.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Pohlmeyer of 900 Bockstoce Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; his brother Jack M. Pohlmeyer '73 of Hanover Park, Ill.; and his twin brother Lt. Paul E. Pohlmeyer USN '79 of VA-127 at NAS Lemoore, Calif.
Mark is remembered on a memorial marker at the Trinidad Lighthouse Lost & Buried at Sea Memorials.
Photographs
From his high school yearbook
Paul (seated) and Mark (standing) Pohlmeyer.
From The Pittsburgh Press on May 8, 1986
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