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Show Cedar Man Loses Lifo In Army Plane Crash At Sea e w Dies At Sea A -y ' - . . , u ' : J: T trn f Major Owen Alfred Major Owen R. Alfred, 28, former form-er Cedar City resident, apparently lost his life Saturday night when a plane he was piloting crashed Into the sea in the waters of Long Island sound off Matlnicock point near Glen Cove, New York. Alfred and an enlisted passenger had taken off from Mitchell field at about midnight, and the AT-6 training plane was later seen to crash into the sea. Extensive search by Army authorities at Mitchell field has failed to reveal any trace of the plana or of the two passengers. passeng-ers. Alfred, A P-47 fighter pilot who served with Merrill's Marauders as a squadron commander in the China-Burma-India theater,, was studying electrical engineering at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, as an army air forces contact con-tact officer on detached duty from the army's Maxwell field, Ala., air force university. He graduated from the Branch Agricultural college In Cedar City in 1941, when he enlisted in the U. S. army air forces. He was born July 28, 1919, In Roosevelt, a son of Mr. and Mrs Louis R. Alfred. He came to Cedar City to make his home, and made many friends during the years he lived here. After graduating from the B. A. C. he enlisted for military duty and received re-ceived his air force training in Texas and served as a pursuit pilot In the CBI war theater from April, 1943, to November, 1944. He was awarded the legion of merit, silver star, distinguished dis-tinguished flying cross and the air niedal. He married Susan Siguaard In November, 1944, at Corpus Chrlsti, Texas. Survivors include his widow, New Brunswick, N. J.; his parents, Redondo Beach, California: a sister, Cree Alfred, Salt Lake City and three brothers. Mrs. Alfred contacted friends of her husband In Cedar City by telephone tele-phone and Indicated that very little lit-tle hope of finding either of the victims so the crash wa.s held by army officials. |