O’Conner, John E.
Navy Lieutenant

John E. O’Conner, age 27, from Bristol County Fall River, Massachusetts .

Spouse: Rosemary
Children: Two children

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Holy Cross graduate, De LaSalle Academy in Newport, Rhode Island

Date of death: Wednesday, January 30, 1963
Death details: He was aboard a new type of Navy plane, a submarine hunter, that was on a lengthy practice mission when it crashed into the Atlantic about 230 miles southeast of New York.

Source: Memorial marker, Minneapolis Star Tribune (1963), Boston Globe (1963)