HARRY R. FLORY, JR., LTJG, USN

Harry Flory, Jr. '50

Date of birth: January 18, 1929

Date of death: September 6, 1952

Age: 23

Lucky Bag

From the 1950 Lucky Bag:

HARRY RUSSELL FLORY, JR.

New York City, New York

The son of an international journalist, Harry spent much of his youth in France and England. Back in the U. S. he decided in '44 that the Navy was to be his future. After two years in bell bottoms, he entered the Naval Academy. An ardent sailor, Rusty could be found almost any fall or spring afternoon on the Chesapeake. His knowledge of professional happenings and developments showed him to be a man who was interested in what he could give to the Navy. This reversal of the usual attitude marks him as a man to be reckoned with.

HARRY RUSSELL FLORY, JR.

New York City, New York

The son of an international journalist, Harry spent much of his youth in France and England. Back in the U. S. he decided in '44 that the Navy was to be his future. After two years in bell bottoms, he entered the Naval Academy. An ardent sailor, Rusty could be found almost any fall or spring afternoon on the Chesapeake. His knowledge of professional happenings and developments showed him to be a man who was interested in what he could give to the Navy. This reversal of the usual attitude marks him as a man to be reckoned with.

Loss

From The Salt Lake Tribune on September 8, 1952:

SAN RAFAEL, CAL., Sept 7 (UPI)—Navy Lt. (J.G.) Harry R. Flory Jr., 26, was killed when his FG-LD Corsair-type fighter plane crashed in an open field on the Clarence Rogers ranch eight miles north of there at approximately 4 p.m. (MST) Saturday.

The crash occurred on September 6, 1952.

From the Ventura County Star-Free Press on September 8, 1952:

Flory, son of Harry R. Flory, United Press communications manager, was on a routine training flight.
He was stationed with squadron VF94 at the Alameda naval air station and had been transferred from Corpus Christi, Tex., a few weeks ago.…
Young Flory, a graduate of Phillips Exeter academy, the collegiate school in New York, and the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, is survived by his parents, a sister Marjorie Ann Flory, 22, and a brother, Stewart Gilman Flory, 10.

Harry is buried in Iowa.

Class of 1950

Harry is one of 37 members of the Class of 1950 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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