The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Carl Cole Steele
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
June 18, 1953
Airman First Class Steele was the flight engineer of a C-124A Globemaster transport with the 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group stationed at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan. On June 18, 1953, he was enroute from Japan to Korea when his aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa killing 129 servicemen on board.