Lt. Cdr. at the time of his tragic death. Graduate of USNA; Served in WWII and Korea. Held the Pacific Theatre Ribbon with six stars, the American Defense Ribbon, the Philippine Defense Ribbon, and the World War II Occupation Ribbon.
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Obit:
Washington Bureau,
Des Moines Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Funeral services for Lt. Commander Edwin D. Scorza, 32-year-old Long Island, N.Y., naval officer, will be at Fort Myer chapel in Arlington Cemetery at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Commander Scorza is survived by his wife, the former Jacqueline Rundquist, of Fairfield, Ia., and two children, C..., 9, and E..., 5.
The naval officer was killed Nov. 10 when his navy Corsair crashed in a marsh on Brigantine Island, 12 miles from the Atlantic City, N.J., naval air station. He was on a simulated strafing mission and the plane failed to pull out of a low level dive and exploded.
(Transcribed by Patricia Grady Kane from Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Tue., Nov. 1, 1954, pg. 4).
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Obit:
Washington Bureau,
Des Moines Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Funeral services for Lt. Commander Edwin D. Scorza, 32-year-old Long Island, N.Y., naval officer, will be at Fort Myer chapel in Arlington Cemetery at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Commander Scorza is survived by his wife, the former Jacqueline Rundquist, of Fairfield, Ia., and two children, C..., 9, and E..., 5.
The naval officer was killed Nov. 10 when his navy Corsair crashed in a marsh on Brigantine Island, 12 miles from the Atlantic City, N.J., naval air station. He was on a simulated strafing mission and the plane failed to pull out of a low level dive and exploded.
(Transcribed by Patricia Grady Kane from Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Tue., Nov. 1, 1954, pg. 4).
Lt. Cdr. at the time of his tragic death. Graduate of USNA; Served in WWII and Korea. Held the Pacific Theatre Ribbon with six stars, the American Defense Ribbon, the Philippine Defense Ribbon, and the World War II Occupation Ribbon.
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Obit:
Washington Bureau,
Des Moines Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Funeral services for Lt. Commander Edwin D. Scorza, 32-year-old Long Island, N.Y., naval officer, will be at Fort Myer chapel in Arlington Cemetery at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Commander Scorza is survived by his wife, the former Jacqueline Rundquist, of Fairfield, Ia., and two children, C..., 9, and E..., 5.
The naval officer was killed Nov. 10 when his navy Corsair crashed in a marsh on Brigantine Island, 12 miles from the Atlantic City, N.J., naval air station. He was on a simulated strafing mission and the plane failed to pull out of a low level dive and exploded.
(Transcribed by Patricia Grady Kane from Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Tue., Nov. 1, 1954, pg. 4).
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Obit:
Washington Bureau,
Des Moines Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Funeral services for Lt. Commander Edwin D. Scorza, 32-year-old Long Island, N.Y., naval officer, will be at Fort Myer chapel in Arlington Cemetery at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Commander Scorza is survived by his wife, the former Jacqueline Rundquist, of Fairfield, Ia., and two children, C..., 9, and E..., 5.
The naval officer was killed Nov. 10 when his navy Corsair crashed in a marsh on Brigantine Island, 12 miles from the Atlantic City, N.J., naval air station. He was on a simulated strafing mission and the plane failed to pull out of a low level dive and exploded.
(Transcribed by Patricia Grady Kane from Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Tue., Nov. 1, 1954, pg. 4).
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