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Ralph Arthur Smith
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
35 COMPRON
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Date of Death
July 14, 1953
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Lieutenant Smith was the pilot of an AD-4N Skyraider night dive bomber with Composite Squadron 35 aboard the USS BOXER (CV-21). On July 14, 1953, while on a night combat air patrol, radio contact with the aircraft was lost. He was presumed dead on September 1, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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