The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Aloysius Savage
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
July 6, 1951
Lieutenant Savage was the pilot of an AD-3 Skyraider dive bomber with Attack Squadron 923 aboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CV-31). On July 6, 1951, after making attacks on his targets, he reported an armed bomb hung on his plane. He was ordered to land at airfield K-18. The bomb exploded upon landing.