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Casualty Info
Home Town Denora, PA
Last Address Punxsutawney, PA
Casualty Date Dec 09, 1951
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Korea
Conflict In The Line of Duty
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:
Lieutenant London was a pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 653 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CV-45). On December 9, 1951, while conducting refresher air operations in TARE Area, his aircraft collided with another F4U-4B causing it to crash.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 355201
Active duty 9/29/1942 to 8/4/1946
Reserve duty 8/4/1946 to 1950
Active reserve duty 1950 to 12/9/51
The information contained in this profile was compiled from barious internet sources.
