Thomas R. Caylor

Korean War
RankAviation Electronics Technician First Airman U.S. Navy
Date of DeathMay 7 1954
National Defense Service Medal
Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman Caylor was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Electronics Technician First Airman Caylor was the flight deck technician of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.