Thomas Ellis Myers

Korean War
Service #15136A
Unit16 FTR INTCP SQ 51 FTR INTCP GP
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathOctober 2 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
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, Major Myers was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, 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
Major Myers was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group. On October 2, 1950, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, and he bailed out five miles southeast of Singosan, Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 31, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.