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Linton Carlton Smith
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Rank
Chief Aviation Electronics Technician, U.S. Navy
Unit
4 COMPRON
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Date of Death
July 2, 1953
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Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Smith was the radar operator of a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight fighter with Detachment 44, Composite Squadron 4 aboard the carrier USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CVA-39) and based at Pyongtaek Airfield (K-6). On July 2, 1953, while on patrol 12 miles north of Cho-do Island, he encountered four enemy fighters. After shooting down one enemy fighter his plane was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and presumed dead on August 5, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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