Magda, John Joseph, LCDR

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1950-1951, 131X, USS Princeton (CV-37)

Service Years
1940 - 1951

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kentucky

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town Camp Taylor	Last Address Camp Taylor
Casualty Date Mar 08, 1951
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Korea, North	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (VA) - Louisville, Kentucky

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1951, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2013, Korean War Fallen
	2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2017, The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor

1941-1943, 131X, VF-8 Jolly Rogers

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1943
Unit VF-8 Jolly Rogers Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VF-8 Jolly Rogers Details
	Aug 1942-Mar 1943 VF-8 flew F4U Corsairs off the Solomon Islands. Recommissioned in 1944, flew F6F Hellcats off USS Bunker Hill CV-17
	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 7, 2012

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

VF-8 Jolly Rogers

Feightner, Edward Lewis, RADM, (1941-1974)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Groves, Stephen William, ENS, (1940-1942)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Jackson, Andrew McBurney, VADM, (1930-1969)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
RABY, John, RADM			Lieutenant Commander
MATTSON, Edward, LCDR, (1935-1944)			Lieutenant