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Class of 1954
855
Graduates
254
Non-Graduates
37
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David Ford
Class of 1954
2nd Lieutenant
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US Air Force
February 24, 1954
(22 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
Non-graduate
USNA 10th Company
Ralph Redden
Class of 1954
2nd Lieutenant
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US Air Force
April 21, 1955
(23 years old)
Operational loss
3303rd Flight Training Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 10th Company
Frederick Kirby
Class of 1954
Ensign
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US Navy
October 27, 1955
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 18th Company
Louis Niederlander, Jr.
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
February 21, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Guided Missile Group 2
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Edward Tandy, Jr.
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
May 29, 1956
(24 years old)
Operational loss
Composite Squadron (VC) 3
Fixed Wing
USNA 17th Company
Theodore Stoik
Class of 1954
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
September 10, 1956
(27 years old)
Operational loss
85th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Fixed Wing
Non-graduate
Andrew Zulli, Jr.
Class of 1954
1st Lieutenant
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US Army
September 20, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
43rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Ground
Non-graduate
Donald Loring
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
November 19, 1956
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 121
Fixed Wing
USNA 24th Company
Robert Wilson
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
December 28, 1956
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 45
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Kenneth Ball
Class of 1954
1st Lieutenant
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US Marine Corps
January 22, 1957
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Marine Corps Test Unit #1
Parachute
USNA 15th Company
James Whitehead
Class of 1954
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
June 4, 1957
(27 years old)
Operational loss
3627th Combat Crew Training Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 9th Company
Joseph Williams
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
October 29, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 43
Fixed Wing
USNA 22nd Company
Eugene Parker
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
December 6, 1957
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 105
Fixed Wing
USNA 21st Company
Stephen McNally
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
January 8, 1958
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Guided Missile Group 2
Fixed Wing
USNA 12th Company
Derald Beal
Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.)
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US Navy
April 30, 1958
(25 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 126
Fixed Wing
USNA 3rd Company
Robert Birkenmeier
Class of 1954
1st Lieutenant
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US Air Force
September 2, 1958
(27 years old)
Operational loss
84th Air Transport Squadron
Fixed Wing
USNA 18th Company
Thomas Banta
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
September 25, 1958
(27 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 72
Fixed Wing
USNA 16th Company
James Wiley
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
February 22, 1959
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 114
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 24th Company
Floyd Nelson
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
April 9, 1959
(29 years old)
Operational loss
Patrol Squadron (VP) 50
Fixed Wing
USNA 3rd Company
James Steele
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
May 28, 1959
(28 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 62
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Guy McElroy
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
June 15, 1959
(27 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 124
Fixed Wing
USNA 16th Company
Norman Sassi
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
July 23, 1959
(27 years old)
Operational loss
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 12
Fixed Wing
USNA 24th Company
Walter Shaw, Jr.
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
August 24, 1959
(27 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 11
Fixed Wing
USNA 22nd Company
David Hess
Class of 1954
Captain
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US Marine Corps
April 28, 1961
(31 years old)
Operational loss
NAF China Lake
Fixed Wing
USNA 23rd Company
James Willis, Jr.
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
September 25, 1961
(29 years old)
Operational loss
Naval Air Test Center
Fixed Wing
Family
USNA 23rd Company
Robert Biederman
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
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US Navy
April 10, 1963
(32 years old)
Operational loss
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Submarine
USNA 19th Company
Kenneth Hume
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
March 29, 1965
(33 years old)
KIA
Fighter Squadron (VF) 154
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
MIA
USNA 8th Company
Charles Schoonover
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
January 16, 1966
(34 years old)
Operational loss
Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron (RVAH) 9
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
MIA
KIA-combat flight
USNA 1st Company
Richard Parks
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
April 5, 1967
(34 years old)
Operational loss
Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 123
Fixed Wing
USNA 7th Company
Walker Lambert
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
April 10, 1967
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
USNA 19th Company
Mitchel Soltys
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
July 12, 1967
(35 years old)
Operational loss
USS Saratoga (CV 60)
Fixed Wing
USNA 2nd Company
Fred Gates, II
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
August 19, 1967
(35 years old)
Operational loss
Attack Squadron (VA) 25
Fixed Wing
USNA 15th Company
Francis Slattery
Class of 1954
Commander
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US Navy
May 22, 1968
(36 years old)
Operational loss
USS Scorpion (SSN 589)
Submarine
USNA 12th Company
Ernest Stamm
Class of 1954
Captain
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US Navy
January 16, 1969
(37 years old)
KIA
Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron (RVAH) 5
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
POW
USNA 22nd Company
Gary Smith
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Air Force
March 27, 1970
(38 years old)
Operational loss
3246th Test Wing
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 18th Company
Charles Rowley
Class of 1954
Colonel
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US Air Force
April 22, 1970
(38 years old)
KIA
16th Special Operations Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
USNA 5th Company
Joseph Mudd
Class of 1954
Lieutenant Colonel
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US Air Force
October 22, 1973
(41 years old)
Operational loss
41st Rescue and Recovery Wing
Helicopter
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 17th Company
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