Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1958 Lucky Bag:

JOHN PAUL PRICE

Catching the B & A express from nearby Baltimore, John of the baby face and many drags decided to call the Trade School his home. His local origins made leaves simple things and his many contacts were always the source of joy to many a “foreign” classmate. John had a rare pride in the Navy blue and gold and he always set an example of which the service could justly boast. His enthusiasm for the life and its daily events was always evident and greatly helped those for which he worked. John has an ambition to fly and fly fast, and will start toward his long awaited goal with due dispatch when he finally gets the sheepskin.

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He was also a member of the 6th Company staff (fall).

Loss

John was lost on August 22, 1961 when the jet fighter he was piloting crashed during landing aboard USS Independence (CV 62).

Other Information

From Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee) on August 24, 1961:

A Navy pilot was killed Tuesday while attempting to land his F8U Crusader jet fighter on the aircraft carrier Independence in the western Mediterranean, Naval air force headquarters here reported Wednesday. He was identified as Lt. (j.g.) John P. Price, attached to Fighter Squadron 84, an Oceana-based unit assigned to USS Independence for a six-month deployment with the U.S. 6th Fleet. Price is survived by his wife, Mrs. Patricia A. Price of Baltimore. Md.; his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Eichhorn, also of Baltimore, and his father. Orlando K Price of Fort Lauderdale. Fla.

From the December 1961 issue of Shipmate:

It is my sad duty to inform the class of the death of Lt (jg) JOHN PAUL PRICE. John was killed 22 August when his F8 Crusader crashed into the waters of the Western Mediterranean. John was serving in USS INDEPENDENCE with VF-84. He is survived by his widow, Patricia, and one child, Debra Ann, one year old. John was a fine person, officer and Naval Aviator, a man the class will certainly miss.

He has a memory marker in Maryland. The inscription reads: “In memory of our beloved son, Lt. John Paul Price, U.S.N. Lost in the Mediterranean, while serving his country.”

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