LTJG Aaron P. Fowler (USNA '18)
LTJG Aaron P. Fowler (USNA '18)
LTJG Aaron P. Fowler was lost on April 17, 2022, while participating in a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kanehoe Bay.
LTJG Fowler grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Union High School. Originally in the Class of 2016 and in 25th Company, LTJG Fowler joined 8th Company and the Class of 2018 as a MIDN 2/C after going on a two-year mission. After graduation, LTJG Fowler commissioned as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer (EOD).
His company classmates describe him as being, “a cut above his peers. Incredibly hardworking and vastly intelligent, he was drawn to challenging and painstaking work. It was no surprise to anyone that he graduated in the top of the Class of 2018 and was selected to attend graduate school immediately after leaving Annapolis. It was even less surprising that he chose to join such an elite and challenging community as Navy Special Operations. In spite of his impressive performance, Aaron was as humble and approachable as anyone in 8th Company, and was frequently sought after as a mentor and friend by classmates and underclassmen alike. Lastly, and most importantly, Aaron was defined by his faith. His roommates, his company mates, and his friends all knew that his relationship with God came before everything and he truly lived what he preached. The friendships and relationships that he cultivated through his faith were felt throughout the Brigade.”
“Aaron Fowler was our friend, our brother, a Baller and a Bearshark. Although he has left us, we are humbled by his selfless service and forever strive to meet the high standard of character he leaves behind. Rest easy, for we have the watch. Fair winds and following seas, from your brothers and sisters of the Naval Academy Class of 2018.”
For every LTJG Aaron Fowler bracelet sold, $10 will be donated to the Navy Special Operations Foundation.
From 2 News Oklahoma:
“His parents describe their son, Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, as kind, honest, and a servant. In his 29 years of life, Fowler's family said he touched hundreds of lives.
“He was a loyal brother, he was a faithful and loyal friend, he was a faithful Child of God,” his mother, Lou-Ann Fowler said. “He looked for opportunities to serve others,” his mother said. Including in the service to his country.
“We just recognize the heroes that our military men are, they have literally in Aaron’s case given their lives,” his mother said.
Fowler grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Union High School. He entered the service ten years ago. In May of 2018, he graduated from the Naval Academy. Then, last year, he began explosive ordnance training in Florida. His mother said his mission went beyond his military assignments.
“His focus was always the Lord, some of the young men that he served with have talked about how he said, hey…let’s have a bible study, you know he was always focusing on something that would glorify the Lord and that was the primary love of his life,” his mother said.
Fowler was assigned to explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit one.
On April 17, he died while participating in a training exercise with the Marine Corps base in Hawaii.
“The Naval Academy is a long and a hard road, and frankly the service to the Lord is a long and a hard road, and when Aaron made a commitment he followed through, he knew what he was singing up or in both cases in the military and in his faith and he finished well,” his mother said.
"I love him...I'm proud of him," his father, Charles Fowler said.
As his family honors his memory, they are anchoring their hope in the faith their son proclaimed.
“He was very intentional about wanting to be a part of bringing people to Jesus Christ, and so that’s how we remember him, knowing that we’ll see him again,” Mother said.”