Graham Smith Captain, United States Air Force |
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Brooklyn, New York Born April 19, 1919 Captain, U.S. Air Force Service Number AO790465 Missing in Action - Presumed Dead Died April 30, 1951 in Korea Captain Smith was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Wing. On April 30, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashed and burst into flames near Miudong, Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Captain Smith was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. There is a Memorial Stone in Arlington National
Cemetery in remembrance of Captain Smith.
CAPT US AIR FORCE KOREA DATE OF BIRTH: 04/19/1919 DATE OF DEATH: 04/30/1951 BURIED AT: SECTION MH SITE 325-B ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 17 April 2004 Updated: 10 July 2007 |
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