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Broyles, Edwin Nash, Jr., ENS.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Baltimore, MD
Casualty Date Jul 26, 1953
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea, North
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Ensign Broyles was the pilot of a F2H-2 Banshee fighter with Fighter Squadron 22 aboard the aircraft carrier USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CV-39). On July 26, 1953, after striking Hoeryong Air Field, North Korea, he failed to rendezvous with his flight. He was presumed dead on August 20, 1954.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 551849
1953-1953, 131X, USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
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