Remembering CT2 Ronnie Campbell, USN, KIA USS Liberty

Eulogy by his daughter Deborah:
Who was Ronnie Campbell? That is what my Uncle Mike told me to find out. “Just the basic information”, he said. His date of birth, where he grew up, his parents’ names, etc. Sounds like an easy enough task, doesn’t it? After all, this was the man that brought me life. But, that question, “Who was Ronnie Campbell?,” has always been a mystery to me. I never had the opportunity to know this man, never gazed up into his kind loving eyes, never heard the gentleness of his voice as he told me he loved me, and never felt the warmth of his arms as he held me. Sometimes we are dealt a hand of cards that we will never understand. I was born 5 1/2 months after my father was killed on the USS Liberty. I am now 36 years old and just beginning to find out what happened on that day in June of 1967. I am very saddened and disturbed by what I’ve read so far. Instead of bringing answers for me, my search has only brought more questions.