The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
H. L. Cornish
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
August 8, 1952
Lieutenant Cornish was the patrol plane commander of a PBM-5S Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 892, based at Naval Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. On August 8, 1952, the plane crashed into a mountain in Japan from unknown causes, killing 14 crewmen.