DEREK E. HOLMQUIST, LCDR, USN
Derek Holmquist '73
Date of birth: March 15, 1951
Date of death: April 1, 1985
Age: 34
Lucky Bag
Loss
From Daily News of Bowling Green, Kentucky on April 3, 1985:
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Aircraft from the carrier Nimitz along with Air Force and Army units searched a large area of jungle and mountains in Panama for two Navy fliers whose A-6 Intruder jet disappeared. The men were identified as Lt. Cmdr. Derek Holmquist, 35, of McLean, the pilot, and Lt. Glenn Ziegler, 25, of Upper Darby, Pa., the bombardier-navigator. Holmquist and Ziegler, missing since Monday, are assigned to Attack Squadron 35 based at Oceana Naval Air Station.
His obituary in SHIPMATE said he was survived by his wife, Beth, daughter, Kristen, and son, Carl; it also reported he was from California.
He has a memory marker in Arlington National Cemetery.
Remembrances
From Find A Grave:
Derek was my blood brother -- the only one I ever had. I only knew him as a neighbor for about 2 years, but we were in Cub Scouts together, and spent hours in each others company. We were also about 12 days apart in age. RIP old blood brother
J Butz, 6 Mar 2016
He was on the rugby team at the Naval Academy.
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Glenn Ziegler '81 was also lost in this crash.
Class of 1973
Derek is one of 10 members of the Class of 1973 in Memorial Hall.
