Galvin, Ronald Edmond, ATC

This Sailor has an (IMO) Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing, Honolulu, Hawaii

On 8 March 1967, Holly Green, an A-3B (BuNo 144627) Launched with LCDR Carrol O. Crain, Jr., pilot; Ltjg Pawlish, co-pilot; and ATN2 Galvin, aviation electronics technician, from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) to conduct a night mining mission in North Vietnam. Since the Skywarrior's mission deep in enemy held territory, it was provided with fighter escort as protection against enemy aircraft attack.

The Skywarrior's launch was normal and contact was maintained with the aircrew for 20 minutes. The last radio contact was made at 2020 hours when the aircraft was passing over the northern edge of Hon Gio Island approximately 13 miles due east of the coastline and 30 miles north-northeast of the major port city of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam. In his last radio transmission LCDR Crain stated the mission was progressing normally.

When contact with the Skywarrior could not be re-established, a search and rescue (SAR) operation was immediately initiated and continued for several days. Aircraft from the USS Kitty Hawk and the USS Ticonderoga, as well as the destroyer the USS Ingersol, participated in the visual and electronic search along the Skywarrior's flight path, particularly in and around the area of last contact. Unfortunately, no parachutes or survival rafts were seen and no emergency beepers heard emanating from either water or the nearby island. At the time the SAR operation was terminated, Carrol Crain, George Pawlish and Ronald Galvin were listed Missing in Action.