MARCUS C. LINN, ENS, USN

Marcus Linn '76

Date of birth: March 14, 1954

Date of death: September 17, 1976

Age: 22

Lucky Bag

From the 1976 Lucky Bag:

MARCUS CARL LINN

Lacey, Washington

Mark came from a place far removed from civilization, Lacey, Wash., on Puget Sound. All anyone knew of it was that it was too far to go home on weekends. Mark eased through three years of varsity swimming, water polo, and AAU swimming during high school at North Thurston. Rather than having to put up with women and parties at the U. of W. Mark in a brief loss of his senses accepted an appointment to USNA. The water sports continued for four years except Varsity swimming which terminated after the third year due to lack of interest in spending his days drinking chlorinated water. Two enjoyable summer cruises were spent checking out the lovelies in quite a few Western Pacific ports and finding out if all the stories were true. The encouragement and support of friends and family served Mark well and will still be appreciated during a career in Naval Aviation.

MARCUS CARL LINN

Lacey, Washington

Mark came from a place far removed from civilization, Lacey, Wash., on Puget Sound. All anyone knew of it was that it was too far to go home on weekends. Mark eased through three years of varsity swimming, water polo, and AAU swimming during high school at North Thurston. Rather than having to put up with women and parties at the U. of W. Mark in a brief loss of his senses accepted an appointment to USNA. The water sports continued for four years except Varsity swimming which terminated after the third year due to lack of interest in spending his days drinking chlorinated water. Two enjoyable summer cruises were spent checking out the lovelies in quite a few Western Pacific ports and finding out if all the stories were true. The encouragement and support of friends and family served Mark well and will still be appreciated during a career in Naval Aviation.

Loss

Marcus was lost on September 17, 1976 when the A-6 Intruder he was aboard crashed near Whidbey Island, Washington. He was awaiting his flight training start date. LTjg Charles R. Tutt, the pilot, was also killed in the crash.

From (now-defunct) Ejection History:

… Also, remember (carried the newspaper article around for years) that an old swim teammate of mine, Ens Mark Linn, was killed in the plane he was riding in at Whidbey as a stash Ensign. CDR Mike Wertz, USN-Ret. April 2, 2010