VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    April 8

    CDR JOHN J. SHAFFER, III, USN

    John Shaffer, III

    Class of 1930
    Commander | US Navy
    April 8, 1944 (34 years old)
    KIA Battle of the Atlantic USS Champlin (DD 601) WWII Ship Legion of Merit USNA 8th Company
    LCDR RICHARD W. ROBINSON, USN

    Richard Robinson

    Class of 1939
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    April 8, 1945 (29 years old)
    KIA Pacific Okinawa Fighting Squadron (VF) 25 WWII Fixed Wing USNA 4th Company
    1LT EARL A. LAPIDUS, USA

    Earl Lapidus

    Class of 1932
    1st Lieutenant | US Army
    April 8, 1945 (34 years old)
    Operational loss Pacific Leyte 562d Engineer Boat Maintenance Battalion WWII USNA 2nd Company
    LTJG ROBERT D. REYNOLDS, USN

    Robert Reynolds

    Class of 1945
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    April 8, 1950 (28 years old)
    KIA Patrol Squadron (VP) 26 Cold War Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 19th Company
    CAPT HALVOR M. EKEREN, USAF

    Halvor Ekeren

    Class of 1951
    Captain | US Air Force
    April 8, 1959 (29 years old)
    Operational loss Air Force Flight Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 4th Company
    LTJG JOHN R. RICHARDSON, USN

    John Richardson

    Class of 1960
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    April 8, 1963 (28 years old)
    Operational loss Light Photographic Squadron (VFP) 62 Fixed Wing USNA 18th Company