Roy D. Smith, age 23, from Crofton, Kentucky, Christian county.
Parents: Day Ray Smith
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 11 Navy men killed when their Neptune bomber plunged into the oceans 100 miles off Virginia. The two-engine, long-range bomber was taking part in an antisubmarine training mission with the carrier Lake Champlain.
Source: Associated Press (1961), Portland Press Herald (1961)