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Casualty Info
Home Town Ceres, CA
Last Address Stanislaus, CA
Casualty Date Aug 06, 1952
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Other Accident
Location Sea of Japan
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Burwood Cemetery - Escalon, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates F-5
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On 5 August 1952, a fire broke out on the hangar deck of Boxer at 05:30 when a fuel tank of an aircraft caught fire while the ship was conducting combat operations in the Sea of Japan. The fire raged on the carrier's hangar deck for 4â??5 hours before being extinguished. The final total of casualties was 8 dead, 1 missing, 1 critically injured, 1 seriously burned and some 70 overcome by smoke. Of the 63 who had gone over the side, all were rescued and returned to the ship. Eighteen aircraft, mostly Grumman F9F-2 Panthers, were damaged or destroyed.
Aviation Electronics Technician, Second Class Soden was assigned to Detachment A, Composite Squadron 35 aboard the carrier USS BOXER (CVA-9). Having completed all missions as radar-radio operator, he was awaiting orders to return to the United States, when he was killed by a fire and explosion aboard the carrier on August 6, 1952.
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Service number: 7991799
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