The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ralph R. Maxfield
Rank
Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
September 4, 1951
Aviation Electronics Technician Third Class Maxfield was assigned to the Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island. On September 4, 1951, he was a crew member of a P2V twin-engine patrol bomber engaged in an exercise with a submarine 30 miles east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York when the aircraft crashed and exploded, killing all seven crewmen on board.