Husband: Keith Royal Wilson Curry
Born: Sep-21-1930 1,2,3
Died: Jan- 8-1971 in Vietnam 1,2,4,5
Resided: 1957 in Pensacola, Escambia Co, FL 6
Resided: 1947 in Salem, WV 7,5
Buried: Courts of Missing in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), Honolulu, HI 7
Buried: Memorial Marker in Arlington National Cemetery, VA 8
Census: 1940 in Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1947) 9
Military: Oct-23-1947 - Jan- 8-1971 CDR, US Navy, World War II, Korea, Vietnam (KIA) 7,4,2,5 (see note 1)
Father: Royal Wilson Currey (1913 - 1975)
Mother: Gay Ileen Davis (1910 - 1996)
Wife: Mary E. ___
Born: Jun-12-1931 10 Resided: in Norfolk, VA 10 Resided: in Virginia Beach, VA 11 Resided: 1957 in Pensacola, Escambia Co, FL 6 Father: Mother:
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (2) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (4) U.S. Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (5) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=298. (6) City Directory. (7) American Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov, https://www.abmc.gov/node/460267#.WUBk_ca1uUm. (8) Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17899128. (9) Yearbook photo. (10) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (11) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Commander Keith R. W. Curry was a member of Attack Squadron 145, Carrier Air Wing 2 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS RANGER (CVA-61). On January 8, 1971, he was flying in a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6C) over North Vietnam when he was Killed in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. In December 2015, a sailor who had served under him posted the following message on CDR Curry's online memorial: "XO, you were a kind and compassionate man who cared about those under your command. I still remember the moment we lost you as if it was yesterday. God Bless."