The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Richard Carl Rowe
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
65 ATKRON
Date of Death
June 18, 1952
Lieutenant Junior Grade Rowe was the pilot of an AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with Attack Squadron 65 aboard the USS BOXER (CVA-21). On June 18, 1952, while on a combat mission over North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Hungnam, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.