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Nicole Summers, MMFN
to remember
Biesterveld, Thomas Clarence, ENS.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Eau Clair, WI
Casualty Date Feb 24, 1955
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Korea, North
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Saint Patricks Cemetery - Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Details Behind Award
Ensign Biesterveld was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 193 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CV-37). On April 29, 1951, while on a combat mission over North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and he parachuted safely to the ground about four miles east of the Hwachon Reservoir. He was taken Prisoner of War and died while a prisoner.
