LTJG CARL J. ROHSENBERGER, JR., USN

Class 1957

Born October 7, 1935

Died February 9, 1960

Age 24

Hometown New Braunfels, Texas

Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1957 Lucky Bag:

CARL JOHN ROHSENBERGER, JR.

Carl settled down on the banks of the Severn, after many years of moving from place to place as the son of an Army officer. He found many outlets for his many-faceted personality at Navy, concentrating most of his athletic endeavors on plebe and Varsity Crew. His career as an oarsman was temporarily held up during youngster year by an accident that befell him on the volleyball court. No one could ever figure out how he managed to get his foot caught in the net, but it laid him up for several weeks!

Loss

Carl was lost on February 9, 1960 when his A4D-2 crashed “directly in front of¹” USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA 42) immediately after being catapulted. He was a member of Attack Squadron (VA) 172.

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Carl graduated from the Oklahoma Military Academy in 1953.

He married Janet Elizabeth Shaw in the Naval Academy chapel after graduation.

In November 1958, Carl was a Navy pilot at Corpus Christi.

He was survived by his 21-month old son Carl, III, and his mother Lorraine of San Antonio.

Carl has a memory marker in Arlington National Cemetery. His wife later married a classmate of his, William Finn.

His father was twice awarded the Silver Star; once in WWII and once in Korea.

Photographs

From The Austin American on February 26, 1956

References

Previously accessible at http://a4skyhawk.info/article-unit/va172 ↩︎

Class of 1957

Carl is one of 38 members of the Class of 1957 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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