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Charles Edwin Schmucker
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 26, 1954
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Schmucker was a crew member of the aircraft carrier, USS BENNINGTON (CVA-20), cruising in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. On May 26, 1954, a launching catapult exploded killing him and 101 fellow crewmen. |
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