ESSARY, Melvin S.
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ESSARY, Melvin Stanley (1915-1955), born in Tennessee, he died at San Clemente Island on November 11, 1955. He was 40 years old. Essary was the pilot of a naval attack bomber that crashed into the U.S.S. Hopewell, killing five: Roger M. Edwards and an unidentified sailor aboard Hopewell; and three from the plane: Melvin S. Essary, R. S. Stewart and B. M. Philips.
