This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keesley, Birgess Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8116 Message Board Post: 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 near 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. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 05 Sep 1957