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<span class=prefix>Lieut</span> Edmund J. McGrath
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Lieut Edmund J. McGrath Veteran

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
8 Nov 1961 (aged 24)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section D
Memorial ID
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Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961

At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight. 

At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors. 

The crew were identified as:

Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn. 

Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.

Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane

Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill.

AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman

PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.  

PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio. 

PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia. 

Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54154519/paul-edward-lare

Po 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh

AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith

The cause of the accident is unknown. 

Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22
Atlantic Ocean – November 8, 1961

At 8 p.m. on the night of November 7, 1961, a U. S. Navy P2V Neptune bomber with eleven men aboard took off from the Brunswick Naval Air Station to take part in anti-submarine exercises with the air craft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The aircraft carried fourteen hours worth of fuel for the long range flight. 

At 2:40 a.m. on the morning of the 8th, the Neptune was cleared to return to Brunswick and a short time later all contact with the aircraft was lost. A search was begun, and hours later, two bodies, two life rafts, and pieces of wreckage were recovered and brought aboard the Lake Champlain. There were no survivors. 

The crew were identified as:

Pilot: Lieutenant Commander Phillip S. Callihan, 36, of Memphis, Tenn. 

Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert J. Miller, 23, of New Hyde Park, New York.

Lieutenant (j.g.), William G. McLane, 22, of Lake Placid, New York. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22513589/william-gregory-mclane

Lieutenant (j.g.) Edmund J. McGrath, 24, of Chicago, Ill.

AMH1 Harold G. Kirkman, 27, of Kernersville, North Carolina. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105317166/harold-glenn-kirkman

PO 3/C Paul Harden, 23, of Philadelphia, Penn.  

PO 1/C Gerald J. Dinan, 25, of Zanesville, Ohio. 

PO 2/C Wayne J. Stevens, 30, of Adairsville, Georgia. 

Airman Paul E. Lare, 26, of Convoy, Ohio. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54154519/paul-edward-lare

Po 3/C John J. Walsh, 22, of Ellsworth, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52121225/john-j-walsh

AO 2/C Roy D. Smith, 23, of Crofton, Kentucky. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91989564/roy-daniel-smith

The cause of the accident is unknown. 

Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), "11 Die As Navy Plane Crashes Off Virginia", November 9, 1961, page A-22


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  • Maintained by: Klast
  • Originally Created by: Bob & Sue
  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57827026/edmund_j-mcgrath: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Edmund J. McGrath (13 Oct 1937–8 Nov 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57827026, citing Saint James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery, Lemont, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Klast (contributor 50020942).