ENS JOHN MICHAEL GRANZELLA, USNR
1952 - 1977

Born: July 9, 1952 at the Pensacola Naval Hospital

Mother: Glenna Skipper Granzella

Father: ENS John D. Granzella, USNR

Education:   Estancia High School, Costa Mesa, CA 
                   Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA 
                    University of California, Santa Barbara, Economics, 1975
               
     Private Pilot license, age 16 
                
    Before entering the Navy in 1976, he toured the world with a backpack and no schedule.             
                
    He died in a T-39 crash 4/1/1977, near Julian, CA, while training in low level high speed navigation. 
                

 Navy Flight wings given posthumously. 

               
     You earned your wings 
                            fly on, my son-