GLENN L. DUNAGAN, LTJG, USN
Glenn Dunagan '33
Date of birth: June 25, 1909
Date of death: April 10, 1939
Age: 29
Lucky Bag
From the 1934 Lucky Bag:
Loss
From Fold3:
While engaged in authorized and required flight in connection with gunnery work, SBU-1 airplane crashed, exploded and burned, at about 10.07 a.m., 10 April 1939, near Del Mar, Calif.:
- Lieut, (jg) Glenn Lewis Dunagan, U.S.N.
- Lieut, (jg) Thompson Clyde Guthrie, Jr., U.S.N.
The two were members of Scouting Squadron (VS) 2. Glenn had only recently earned his wings as a qualified naval aviator on December 22, 1938.
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Thompson Guthrie, Jr. '34 was also lost in this crash.
Memorial Hall Error
Glenn is not listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall. He was identified through the diligent efforts of Leslie Poche, a volunteer who combed through SHIPMATE issues to find operational losses not accounted for in Memorial Hall.
Class of 1933
Harold is one of 38 members of the Class of 1933 in Memorial Hall.