RICHARD L. NEWNHAM, LTJG, USN

Richard Newnham '53

Date of birth: March 6, 1931

Date of death: April 12, 1956

Age: 25

Lucky Bag

From the 1953 Lucky Bag:

RICHARD LYNN NEWNHAM

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Although Dick isn't a Navy Junior, he came from a large family of Naval Academy graduates. This probably explained his interest in both the Academy and Naval flying. Dick came to Navy from Germantown Academy, a Philadelphia prep school. During the fall you were most likely to find Dick out on the athletic field where he played football for the 150's. The rest of the year Dick could be found playing company sports or dodging the Executive Department. Never highest but never lowest in academics he spent four happy years sleeping off the effects of a four-N days.

RICHARD LYNN NEWNHAM

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Although Dick isn't a Navy Junior, he came from a large family of Naval Academy graduates. This probably explained his interest in both the Academy and Naval flying. Dick came to Navy from Germantown Academy, a Philadelphia prep school. During the fall you were most likely to find Dick out on the athletic field where he played football for the 150's. The rest of the year Dick could be found playing company sports or dodging the Executive Department. Never highest but never lowest in academics he spent four happy years sleeping off the effects of a four-N days.

Loss

Richard was lost on April 12, 1956 when his F9F Panther crashed near Naval Air Station Miramar, California. He was a member of Composite Squadron (VC) 61.

He was survived by his parents, Richard and Alice (Bond), his wife, Virginia, and 7-month-old twins.

Richard is buried in California.

His first duty station was USS Bennington (CVA 20). (Information from July 1953 issue of Shipmate.) He earned his wings at Corpus Christi in 1955.

Class of 1953

Richard is one of 62 members of the Class of 1953 on Virtual Memorial Hall.