Louis Roger Lockhart (1938 - 1959)

Born 15 Sep 1938 in Sacramento, California, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Jan 1959 at age 20 in California, United States

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Biography

He was presumed dead in a plane crash on 22 Jan 1959.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Jet Bomber Disappears." The Redlands Daily Facts 23 Jan 1939:1. Print.
2. ↑ "Rites To Honor Three Missing Aboard Plane." The Press-Courier (Oxnard, California) 13 Feb 1959: 1. Print.

See also:

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL6D-4S5 : 27 November 2014), Lewis Roger Lockhart, 15 Sep 1938; citing Sacramento, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K942-K7J : 17 May 2014), Lewis R Lockhart in household of Orval Lockhart, Brighton Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-17A, sheet 19A, family 467, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 280.
• "Knew Plane Was Doomed." The Kansas City Times 31 Jan 1959: 10. Print.
• "Experts Decipher Plane's Last Call." The Independent (Long Beach, California) 31 Jan 1959: B-8. Print.
• "Rites To Honor Three Missing Aboard Plane." The Press-Courier (Oxnard, California) 13 Feb 1959: 1. Print.
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Louis Roger Lockhart (15 Sep 1938–22 Jan 1959), Find A Grave: Memorial #167038449, ; Maintained by ken striker (contributor 47489461) Body lost or destroyed.

Notes

From the Daily Facts: Plane was from the Naval Missile Center and Point Mugu. From the Kansas City Times: A-3D missing. Had been practicing ground control approach landings. went missing on 22 Jan 1959. Aboard were LCDR Lawrence P Morgan, pilot, of Annandale, Michigan, Louis R Lockhart, Aviation Machinist's Mate third class, Sacramento, California, and Wallace C Parker, a civilian technician, of Oxnard, California.
From the Press-Courier: Two services honored the missing men, who were presumed dead. Wreckage was not located. Louis R Lockhart was 20, from Sacramento, and an Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class.