USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: De Luca, Daniel †

Service Dates: 1941 - 1943

Rank/Duty Assigned: Lieutenant Junior Grade; fighter pilot; flew a Grumman Hellcat

Submitted by Sister: Berenice De Luca Palmer

Lost over Guam on his first mission at the age of 23; plane was seen to burn as it circled down. Posted in his memory by his sister Berenice De Luca Palmer.