Korean War
Service # | AF14411220 |
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Rank | Airman Third Class U.S. Air Force |
Date of Death | December 20 1952 |
National Defense Service Medal
Airman Third Class Smith was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Airman Third Class Smith was a member of the 637th Air Control and Warning Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on takeoff. Ninety personnel on board perished.