Korean War
Rank | Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
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Date of Death | August 22 1951 |
National Defense Service Medal
Sergeant Littleton was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Sergeant Littleton was a passenger on a C-47A Skytrain transport assigned to the 5039th Air Transport Group, 39th Air Transport Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. On August 22,1951 the plane was enroute from Elmendorf AFB to Eielson AFB, Alaska, when it crashed at Summit, Alaska about 145 miles north of Anchorage, killing all nine servicemen on board.