The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Murrit Herman Davis
Rank
Major, U.S. Air Force
Unit
39 FTR INTCP SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
August 14, 1951
Major Davis was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On August 14, 1951, while on a search and rescue mission, his aircraft struck a hill about 19.5 miles south of Pyongyang, North Korea and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.