Omar Ray Ford
Lieutenant Commander
VA-25, CVW-16, USS ORISKANY, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
Cambridge, Nebraska
April 03, 1934 to October 26, 1966
OMAR R FORD is on the Wall at Panel 11E, Line 114

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Omar R Ford

LCDR OMAR RAY FORD

 
4 Mar 2005

In memory of my Dad, a man I never knew.
I love you still.

Tracy L. Otte
E-mail address is not available.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

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The body of Lieutenant Commander Omar R. Ford, USN,
one of 44 officers and men who lost their lives in the 26 October fire,
is committed to the deep from Oriskany's flight deck
during memorial services at sea in the Western Pacific,
06 November, en route to San Diego, California.

On 26 October 1966 USS ORISKANY endured a major shipboard fire which killed 44 officers and crewmen and injured many more. The ship steamed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for temporary repairs before continuing on to the United States for permanent repairs. Eight months later she was again conducting operations off North Vietnam.

Details and a list of the dead are on The Virtual Wall's
USS ORISKANY Memorial


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