Walsh, John J.
Navy Aviation electrician’s mate 3rd class
John J. Walsh, age 22, from Ellsworth, Maine, Hancock county.
Parents: John Joseph Walsh
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)