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Richard Charles Merrick
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Rank
Commander, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 18, 1951
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Commander Merrick was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a the pilot of an AD-4Q Skyraider dive bomber (Queen) and the commanding officer of Carrier Air Group 19, aboard the carrier USS PRINCETON (CV-37). On May 18, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed with full bomb load about 25 miles northeast of Seoul. |
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