Captain Richard Legate, husband of Elisabeth Cluxton of Lake Forest, entered into service in 1962, after his graduation from the Citadel, in Charleston, S.C., when he was commissioned a 2nd LT in the U.S. Army. Eventually Legate went on to become a Special Forces Officer and took part in an operation in the central highlands of Vietnam. In 1967, Captain Legate lost his life when his small two-seat plane was shot down by hostile fire. He is buried in Arlington national cemetery.
