Leon Waddell Pollard Jr.

Korean War
Service #AO-1846774
Unit35 FTR BOMB SQ 8 FTR BOMB GP
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathJuly 9 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Pollard was awarded 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
First Lieutenant Pollard was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter-interceptor with the 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group. On July 9, 1950, he became lost in a heavy overcast about 60 miles northwest of Itazuke Air Base, Japan and crashed. He was presumed dead on July 10, 1951. His remains were not recovered.