Korean War
Service # | AF34805825 |
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Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Date of Death | December 20 1952 |
National Defense Service Medal
Staff Sergeant Bumpers was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Staff Sergeant Bumpers was a member of the 62nd Communications Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Wing. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.