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Class of 1953
925
Graduates
216
Non-Graduates
62
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Dale Cummings
Class of 1953
2nd Lieutenant
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US Marine Corps
April 22, 1954
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 10th Company
Richard Nein
Class of 1953
2nd Lieutenant
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US Air Force
November 8, 1954
(23 years old)
Operational loss
3595th Combat Crew Training Wing
Fixed Wing
USNA 10th Company
Robert Fontenot
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
January 17, 1955
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 18th Company
John Allard
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
February 25, 1955
(23 years old)
Operational loss
723rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
William Kirk
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
April 21, 1955
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 7th Company
James Joslin
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
August 15, 1955
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 17th Company
Robert Gonano, Jr.
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
August 17, 1955
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 23rd Company
Martin Connolly
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
September 1, 1955
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing Passenger
USNA 3rd Company
Wendell Switzer, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
September 1, 1955
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 42
Fixed Wing
Family
USNA 14th Company
George Schmitt
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
September 14, 1955
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
Thomas Greaney
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
September 26, 1955
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VW) 4
Fixed Wing
USNA 15th Company
Glenn Crawford
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
November 10, 1955
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 91
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Randolph Hanback
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
February 2, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Composite Squadron (VC) 33
Fixed Wing
USNA 4th Company
Richard Newnham
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
April 12, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Composite Squadron (VC) 61
Fixed Wing
USNA 14th Company
Glenn Wilson
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
June 5, 1956
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 39
Fixed Wing
USNA 5th Company
Jerold Weaver
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
June 27, 1956
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 116
Fixed Wing
USNA 24th Company
Bernard Joyce
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
July 3, 1956
(28 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 195
Fixed Wing
USNA 24th Company
Fraser Spiller
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
July 16, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 152
Fixed Wing
USNA 13th Company
George Frederick
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
August 7, 1956
(26 years old)
Operational loss
3415th Technical Training Wing
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
Francis Flood, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
August 23, 1956
(24 years old)
KIA
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1
Cold War
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 11th Company
John Foley
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
December 27, 1956
(29 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 4th Company
William Herring
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Naval Reserve
December 20, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 26
Fixed Wing
Non-graduate
Milton Lucas
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
January 5, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 211
Fixed Wing
USNA 9th Company
Robert Ford, Jr.
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
March 11, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
311th Fighter Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 10th Company
Reese McCauley, Jr.
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
April 22, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
39th Air Rescue Squadron
Helicopter
USNA 6th Company
Herbert Kloepping
Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
July 21, 1957
(28 years old)
Operational loss
Patrol Squadron (VP) 23
Fixed Wing
USNA 8th Company
Frankie Naylor
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
October 2, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 93
Fixed Wing
USNA 23rd Company
James Flaherty
Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant
|
US Air Force
April 7, 1958
(28 years old)
Operational loss
3545th Pilot Training Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 12th Company
Donald Voelker
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
April 15, 1958
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 55
Fixed Wing
USNA 9th Company
William Thompson
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
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US Navy
April 22, 1958
(28 years old)
Operational loss
USS Cutlass (SS 478)
Submarine
Overboard
USNA 3rd Company
William Hatfield
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
May 9, 1958
(27 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 3rd Company
Kenneth Bocock
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
August 26, 1959
(29 years old)
Operational loss
Naval Air Test Center
Fixed Wing
USNA 1st Company
Theodore Tallmadge
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
October 8, 1959
(27 years old)
Operational loss
371st Bomb Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 9th Company
Douglas Converse
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
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US Navy
March 18, 1960
(29 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 24th Company
John Foy
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
April 19, 1962
(31 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 17th Company
William Tarpley
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
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US Navy
June 27, 1962
(32 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 124
Fixed Wing
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
USNA 2nd Company
Donald Cauble
Class of 1953
Lieutenant
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US Naval Reserve
January 3, 1963
(31 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 882
Fixed Wing
USNA 14th Company
Charles Kruse, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
February 20, 1963
(35 years old)
Operational loss
Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 7
Fixed Wing
USNA 7th Company
Michael DiNola
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
April 10, 1963
(33 years old)
Operational loss
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Submarine
USNA 4th Company
John McClean
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
August 16, 1963
(34 years old)
KIA
1st Air Commando Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
KIA-combat flight
USNA 7th Company
James Welsh
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
December 23, 1963
(32 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
Edward Morse
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
January 7, 1964
(33 years old)
Operational loss
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 11
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Harley Johnson
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
April 6, 1964
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
Theodore Freeman
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
October 31, 1964
(34 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
NASA
USNA 16th Company
Manuel Dioquino
Class of 1953
Commander
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Philippine Navy
November 18, 1964
(33 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 3rd Company
Donald Beard
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
December 9, 1964
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron (RVAH) 5
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
USNA 22nd Company
James Romer
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Air Force
November 15, 1965
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 7th Company
Frank Liethen, Jr.
Class of 1953
Major
|
US Air Force
October 12, 1966
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Thunderbirds
Fixed Wing
USNA 6th Company
Philip Armstrong, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
June 8, 1967
(37 years old)
KIA
USS Liberty (AGTR 5)
Ship
Navy Cross
USNA 11th Company
Charles Butler
Class of 1953
Commander
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US Navy
June 14, 1967
(38 years old)
Operational loss
Reconnaissance Attack Wing 1
Fixed Wing
USNA 20th Company
Peter Krusi
Class of 1953
Commander
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US Navy
November 3, 1967
(37 years old)
KIA
Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 8
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
MIA
KIA-combat flight
USNA 19th Company
Oscar Dardeau, Jr.
Class of 1953
Colonel
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US Air Force
November 18, 1967
(35 years old)
KIA
44th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 12th Company
George Tyler
Class of 1953
Colonel
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US Air Force
October 24, 1968
(38 years old)
KIA
390th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
MIA
USNA 8th Company
Robert Cameron
Class of 1953
Major
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US Air Force
January 28, 1969
(38 years old)
Operational loss
559th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
KIA-combat flight
USNA 22nd Company
John Florance, Jr.
Class of 1953
Commander
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US Navy
January 31, 1969
(38 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 102
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 6th Company
Harry Barnes, Jr.
Class of 1953
Commander
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US Navy
March 28, 1969
(39 years old)
Operational loss
Composite Squadron (VC) 4
Fixed Wing
USNA 3rd Company
Douglas Snead
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Marine Corps
December 28, 1969
(41 years old)
Operational loss
Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 13
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
Legion of Merit
USNA 16th Company
Harvey Aiau
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
March 16, 1970
(39 years old)
KIA
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
KIA-combat flight
USNA 7th Company
William Leftwich, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Marine Corps
November 18, 1970
(39 years old)
KIA
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
Vietnam
Ground
Navy Cross
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Ship Namesake
USNA 5th Company
Edmund Taylor, Jr.
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Navy
May 8, 1972
(40 years old)
Operational loss
Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 11
Vietnam
Helicopter
Bronze Star
MIA
USNA 13th Company
James McCravy, Jr.
Class of 1953
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Air Force
June 27, 1972
(41 years old)
Operational loss
58th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 19th Company
Thomas Mitchell
Class of 1953
Captain
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US Navy
April 13, 1974
(44 years old)
KIA
30th Naval Construction Regiment
Ground
Terrorism
USNA 11th Company
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