The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard Eugene Garver
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
35 COMPRON
Date of Death
June 8, 1952
Lieutenant Garver was the pilot of a AD-4NL Skyraider night fighter with Composite Squadron 35 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CVA-37). On June 8, 1952, while returning from combat reconnaissance, the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing him and his radarman. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.