Erwin B TemplinLieutenant CommanderVS-35, CVSG-57, USS HORNET United States Navy 24 December 1940 - 10 May 1973 Houston, Texas Panel 04E Line 083 |
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The U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1963 honors Skip Templin and the other twelve fallen classmates on the Wall at its website . Please visit "Last Call".
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A Note from The Virtual WallDuring the early morning hours of 22 January 1966, an S-2F anti-submarine warfare aircraft (BuNo 149252) from VS-35 launched on a night visual surveillance mission along the coast of North Vietnam in support of the SAR destroyers stationed off the coast. There were four men aboard the aircraft:
North Vietnam never claimed these men as captured or killed, although within a few hours of the disappearance Radio Hanoi reported that an aircraft had been shot down near Bach Long Vi Island, North Vietnam. The four crewmen had simply disappeared. Since there was no proof of their deaths, they were classed as Missing in Action. When the American POWs were released in February 1973, none of them had any knowledge of Forman or his crew. On 10 May 1973, the Secretary of the Navy approved Presumptive Findings of Death for the four men, changing their status to Died while Missing/Body not Recovered.
Additional information is available on the A relative reported to The Virtual Wall that he was married with a daughter born 4 April 1966. |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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