VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    March 27

    LTJG EDWIN G. KELLY, USN

    Edwin Kelly

    Class of 1930
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    March 27, 1935 (27 years old)
    Operational loss Bombing Squadron (VB) 1B Fixed Wing USNA 4th Company
    RADM JOHN W. WILCOX, JR., USN

    John Wilcox, Jr.

    Class of 1905
    Rear Admiral | US Navy
    March 27, 1942 (60 years old)
    Operational loss USS Washington (BB 56) Task Force 39 WWII Ship Overboard
    LT ELBERT S. HEIM, JR., USNR

    Elbert Heim, Jr.

    Class of 1943
    Lieutenant | US Naval Reserve
    March 27, 1945 (24 years old)
    KIA Pacific Okinawa Fighting Squadron (VF) 82 WWII Fixed Wing Navy Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Order of the Red Star Non-graduate
    LTJG ERNEST R. GENTER, JR., USN

    Ernest Genter, Jr.

    Class of 1952
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    March 27, 1957 (28 years old)
    Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 142 Fixed Wing USNA 7th Company
    LT WILLIAM O. CHARLES, USN

    William Charles

    Class of 1951
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    March 27, 1957 (28 years old)
    Operational loss Jet Transition Training Unit Fixed Wing USNA 6th Company
    LCDR ALEXANDER J. PALENSCAR, III, USN

    Alexander Palenscar, III

    Class of 1963
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    March 27, 1967 (25 years old)
    KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 112 Vietnam Fixed Wing Naval Academy Cemetery HOFH24 USNA 19th Company
    LTCOL GARY T. SMITH, USAF

    Gary Smith

    Class of 1954
    Lieutenant Colonel | US Air Force
    March 27, 1970 (38 years old)
    Operational loss 3246th Test Wing Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 18th Company
    2LT SHELDON J. NORRIS, USMC

    Sheldon Norris

    Class of 1972
    2nd Lieutenant | US Marine Corps
    March 27, 1974 (24 years old)
    Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 24 Fixed Wing USNA 22nd Company