RICHARD S. MOSS, CAPT, USN

Richard Moss '24

Date of birth: May 6, 1903

Date of death: December 26, 1946

Age: 43

Lucky Bag

From the 1924 Lucky Bag:

RICHARD STANLEY MOSS

Norwalk, Ohio

"Dick"

RICHARD STANLEY MOSS came in this place with high ideals and he has never lost sight of his goal. He is fond of dreaming about what he is going to do and often astonishes a person with some exceptional idea. If he could only put them to work!

He likes to swim and could probably have made the A-Squad had he stayed out for it. He possesses latent athletic ability but, as he was continuously associated with the Panamanians, he was exposed to and became affected with that disease which they commonly blame on the hookworm. He is far from lazy, but nevertheless inconsistent in athletics.

"Dick" was booted from the ranks of Red Mikes early in his career by dragging consistently in Crabtown. His favorite saying ever since has been "Man, but I do like her."

If you want to have an everlasting friend, just say, "Why, Skipper, I believe you are growing." And should you want to see some fun just tell him you don't believe a word he's saying.

Swimming (4), NA (4); Class Water Polo (4, 3), Numerals (3); Rifle Squad (4, 3, 2, 1); Class Rifle (2), Numerals (2); Class Swimming (4, 3, 2, 1); Class Football (1).

Loss

From The Sandusky Register of Sandusky, Ohio, on Saturday, December 28, 1946:

CAPT. RICHARD MOSS. U.S.N. NORWALK, Dec. 28—Word was received here of the tragic death of Captain Richard Moss, 45, of the United States naval air corps, in a plane crash over Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Dec. 26. The body was recovered and will be flown to Washington for burial in Arlington Cemetery. No other details are available as Captain Moss was flying alone at the time. His father, Col. James A. Moss, retired army officer, who with Mrs. Moss has been living in Sarasota, Fla., is flying to Cuba and will return to Washington with the body. In the meantime his mother, Mrs. Moss, formerly Kate Kellogg will go to Fayetteville, N. C. where her other son, Romaine win accompany her to Washington. Captain Moss graduated from Norwalk High school with the class of 1920, and from the Annapolis Naval Academy in 1924. On the day of his graduation, he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Bean, Baltimore, who also survives. There are no children. During World War II, he served on the airplane carrier Block Island and for the past nine months has been commander of the naval base at Guantanamo. A month ago, he was decorated by the Cuban government for saving the town of Guantanamo from destruction by fire.

Richard is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Wartime Service

Richard was commanding officer of USS Solomons (CVE 67) beginning in January 1945.

Class of 1924

Richard is one of 41 members of the Class of 1924 in Memorial Hall.