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Casualty Info
Home Town Rosemead, CA
Last Address Rosemead, CA
Casualty Date Jun 08, 1952
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Korea
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Hampton National Cemetery (VA) - Hampton, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Lieutenant Garver was the pilot of a AD-4NL Skyraider night fighter with Composite Squadron 35 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CVA-37). On June 8, 1952, while returning from combat reconnaissance, the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing him and his radarman. His remains were not recovered.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 471255
Distinguished Flying Cross
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Richard Eugene Garver (NSN: 0-471255), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving in Composite Squadron THIRTY-FIVE (VC-35), attached to U.S.S. PRINCETON (CV-37), in Korea on 8 June 1950. General Orders: All Hands (March 1953) Action Date: June 8, 1950 Service: Navy Rank: Lieutenant Company: Composite Squadron 35 (VC-35) Division: U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37)
Korean War/CCF Intervention (1950-51)/Hungnam Evacuation
From Month/Year
December / 1950
To Month/Year
December / 1950
Description The Hungnam evacuation, code-named Christmas Cargo, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of UN forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950.
The port at Hungnam was the site of a major evacuation of United Nations military, South Korean military, and North Korean civilians during the Korean War in late December 1950. Approximately 100,000 troops and material and 100,000 civilians were loaded onto merchant ships and military transports totaling 193 shiploads over the weeks leading up to Christmas 1950. They were transported to safety in Pusan and other destinations in South Korea. The evacuation included 14,000 refugees who were transported on one ship, the SS Meredith Victory — the largest evacuation from land by a single ship. This was made possible by a declaration of national emergency by President Truman issued on 16 December 1950 with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953). This operation was the culmination of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which the embattled UN troops fought their way out of a Chinese trap.
