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Richard Cedric Clinite
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 13, 1953
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USNA Class of 1949, Lieutenant Junior Grade Clinite was the pilot of a F9F-5 Panther Jet fighter with Fighter Squadron 153 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CVA-37). On May 13, 1953, while on a reconnaissance mission south of Wonsan, North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire. He successfully ejected but became entangled in the parachute shrouds and drowned in Wonsan Harbor. |
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