Kern County Obituaries

Dale McClenaghan

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 5 Sep 1957

Bride Widowed By Plane Accident
Private 2/c U. S. Army Dale McClenaghan was married only 2 weeks ago to 
Wilmeth Patricia Keesley of Lancaster. He had obtained leave of absence from Ft. 
Eustis, Va., and was enroute to Hawaii with his new bride.
On Sunday afternoon, he took up his father-in-law's, Bruce L. Keesley, airplane at 
Barnes Field n ear Rosamond, but something happened and the plane crashed,
killing Pvt. McClenaghan.	.
 He is survived by his wife, his parents, Leona Mary and Wilbur J McClenaghan of 
Edwards, Calif., a brother Gerald of Edwards and a sister Marilyn Birgess of 
Lancaster. Pvt. was a member of the  C.A.P. and was only 23 years old.