In Memory

Merlin Daake

Merlin Daake was killed May 5 , 1962 in a traffic accident . He was 21 at the time of his death .


 



 
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11/29/08 10:32 PM #1    

Sharon Kreutzer (Neben)

Merlin(Eddie) and I were confirmed in June 1954 at Zion Lutheran Church, so we had known each other for several years prior to going to KHS. Eddie joined the service after grduation and was killed in some type of training accident, I think it was in a vehicle about a year after joining. Sharon Neben

07/08/10 09:13 PM #2    

Bob Just

Eddie was my best friend. We went through Kenwood together & remained close & in touch until his demise. We joined the Navy together on 8 Mar 1960 and went through boot camp together in San Deigo. He then went to Machine Repair school in San Deigo and I went to Crypto school in Imperial Beach, Calif. I then went to Nav Comm Station in San Miguel, Philippines and he went aboard the USS Laffey. He had just returned from a Med cruise and was on leave when he and a shipmate had a head-on collision with a semi at the top of a hill in N.C. resulting in the death of both. At the time of his death, he had been accepted into the NAVCAD program (Naval Aviation Cadet Program).

   Bob Just


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