The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Clarence Otto Bergstraesser
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
February 21, 1952
First Lieutenant Bergstraesser was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 8th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On February 21, 1952, while on a combat mission, he did not join his flight after making a bomb run. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.