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Thomas Milford Sellers
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Rank
Major, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
115 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
July 20, 1953
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Major Sellers was a member of the Marine Fighter Squadron 115, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. He flew over 100 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star and the Air Medal with Five Gold Stars. On July 20, 1953, he was an exchange pilot of a F-86F Sabre Jet fighter bomber with the 336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Group. He destroyed two MiG-15s before his aircraft was hit, losing both wings. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 20, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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