RONALD E. MCLEAN, AERM3, USN
Ronald McLean '34
Ronald Edward McLean was admitted to the Naval Academy from Massachusetts on June 27, 1930 at age 20 years 0 months. He resigned on June 10, 1932. He was "deficient in studies; required to resign."
Photographs
From the 1932 Lucky Bag photo of the Glee Club.
Loss
Ronald was lost when the patrol bomber he was aboard crashed into a mountain near Half Moon Bay, California, on June 1, 1942. He was a member of Patrol Squadron (VP) 43. The August, 1942 Shipmate issue reported that in 1942 he had been "called to duty, as a Seaman 1/c, USNR, at Quonset Point, R. I., where he took up aviation duties."
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
His father was Charles (grocery store sales), mother Delia, brother Dr. Charles Kenneth McLean.
He was stationed at Receiving Station Boston and Quonset Point, Rhode Island in 1941 - then Lakehurst, New Jersey and Alameda, California in 1942. Enlisted 10/31/1940.
At the Naval Academy he was a member of both the Glee Club and the Choir.
He is buried in Massachusetts.
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