BURKE WARD, LTJG, USN
Burke Ward '57
Lucky Bag
From the 1957 Lucky Bag:
BURKE WARD
Coronado, California
Burke, a Navy Junior and a graduate of Brown Military Academy, was no stranger to the military system. From the early days of plebe year, Burke took a keen interest in the Navy and always strove to excel. "Handles," as Burke was called by many of his friends, continued his high school athletic career by starring on the company basketball and touch football teams for four years. Burke was always the first man for parties on the football weekends or on leave, and could be found comfortably sleeping anytime the books didn't press too closely. Still he could always be depended on to make wise decisions and to turn-to when a problem presented itself.
BURKE WARD
Coronado, California
Burke, a Navy Junior and a graduate of Brown Military Academy, was no stranger to the military system. From the early days of plebe year, Burke took a keen interest in the Navy and always strove to excel. "Handles," as Burke was called by many of his friends, continued his high school athletic career by starring on the company basketball and touch football teams for four years. Burke was always the first man for parties on the football weekends or on leave, and could be found comfortably sleeping anytime the books didn't press too closely. Still he could always be depended on to make wise decisions and to turn-to when a problem presented itself.
Loss
From Appeal Democrat of Marysville, California on December 16, 1959:
Lt (jg) Burke Ward, 25, son of Vice Adm. James H. Ward, San Francisco, died Tuesday when his plane overturned and burned In an emergency landing at Crow's Landing. The Navy flier crashed when he attempted to make a landing when his A4D Skyhawk's hydraulic system failed.
He was a member of Attack Squadron (VA) 125.
He has a memorial plate on a seat at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
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