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L. R. Stegemerten
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
January 28, 1953
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Lieutenant Stegemerten was a crew member of a PB4Y-2S Privateer patrol bomber with Patrol Bomber Squadron 9, assigned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On January 28, 1953, in bad weather, the aircraft struck Black Peak, Washington at 5,000 feet altitude, killing ten crew members. |
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