Gilbert Jack Schauer

Korean War
Service #AO-2068874
Unit90 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathApril 7 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Captain Schauer was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Captain Schauer was the navigator of a B-26C Invader bomber with the 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Wing. On April 7, 1952, while on a night intruder mission on the rail yard at Yongyu, contact with the aircraft was lost between Pyongyang and Sinanju. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on February 28, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.