LT. Jonas M Panik Field & Park
Lieutenant Panik was born in States College, PA, remembered as an outstanding student and athlete (Football, Basketball and Track) Bellefonte High School - 1993. Lieutenant Panik was commissioned as an Ensign with the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1997, bachelor’s degree with a major in history. Nicknamed "Big Joe," Panik was on the weight-lifting team and a lineman for the Navy football team. Lieutenant Panik attended Naval Intelligence Officer’s Basic Course in Virginia Beach, VA, and then was stationed in Whidbey Island, WA, on Patrol Squadron 46 for two years. Lieutenant Panik was assigned to the Pentagon in 1999 to the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot. Lieutenant Panik was working in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and was one of the 125 employees killed in the explosion at the
Pentagon on that day. He was the son of Martin and Linda Panik of Mingoville, PA. |
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