Lt Glen Edward
Good, USN, was killed on 3 April 1962 during a nighttime anti-submarine
training exercise from the aircraft carrier USS Randolph operating off Norfolk,
Virginia. According to reports, the
altimeter on the aircraft he was piloting malfunctioned, resulting in the
aircraft hitting the water as Glen was making a turn. His body and that of his crew were never
recovered.
Glen was born on
11 July 1931 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, graduating from Williamsport High
School in 1949. He enlisted in the Navy,
spending three years including time at the Naval Academy Preparatory School at
Bainbridge, Maryland, before entering the Academy as a midshipman in the 12th
company. Upon graduation, “Goodie”, as
his classmates called him, was commissioned an ensign in the Navy, eager to
begin flight training.
On 9 June 1956,
Glen married Barbara Maitland of Williamsport, with five of his classmates in
their wedding party. After Glen’s death,
Barbara returned to Williamsport with their three small children, Cynthia, Mark
and Scott. At a school reunion, Barbara
met a mutual friend of hers and Glen’s, Harper Bohr, a Cornell University
graduate and a U.S. Marine Corps officer.
They eventually married, and Mr. Bohr adopted the children. Mr. Bohr’s Marine Corps career included time
in Vietnam. Glen would be pleased that
his wife and children were well taken care of.
Glen is survived by his wife, Barbara, their three children, three
grandchildren, and a sister, Jane Good Kline and her husband, Art.