Richard Smith '55
Date of birth: October 12, 1932
Date of death: January 1, 1958
Age: 25
Lucky Bag
From the 1955 Lucky Bag:
RICHARD SHERWOOD SMITH
Chicago, Illinois
Dick was born in River Fall, Wisconsin, and since has globe-trotted over a large part of the country. For a while he lived in Cheyenne, Denver, and Minneapolis before moving to his present home in Chicago. In June of 1950 Dick graduated from Lane Technical High School in Chicago. He then attended Wright Junior College in the same city for one year before coming to the Naval Academy. During his periods of leave Dick liked to spend his time out of doors fishing, hunting, and skiing. In the past Dick spent a large part of his summers in northern Wisconsin and Canada on fishing and hunting trips.
Loss
Dick was lost in a plane crash on January 1, 1958. (Information from an email from Class of 1955 decedent affairs representative; nothing else given. The Class of 1955 did not submit a class column to Shipmate for several months following his accident, and when the column reappeared he was not mentioned.)
Unable to find a burial or memory marker.
Class of 1955
Richard is one of 34 members of the Class of 1955 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
