Asa Lawrence Law

Korean War
Service #AF18154244
Unit93 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathJanuary 23 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Staff Sergeant Law was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Staff Sergeant Law was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On January 23, 1952, while on a bombing mission the aircraft's engines died leaving one engine. Contact was lost between Okinawa and Souther Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.