Korean War
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Service # | 3313 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Coast Guard |
Date of Death | July 6 1953 |
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American Campaign Medal
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American Defense Service Medal
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European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
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National Defense Service Medal
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Navy Unit Commendation
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World War II Victory Medal
Lieutenant Commander Felts was awarded the Navy Commendation Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Felts was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War, he was a assigned to the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio as a student in the Graduate Aeronautical Engineering Course. On July 6, 1953, he was the pilot of an Air Force Beechcraft C-45B Expeditor, which crashed after takeoff from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, killing him and three Air Force personnel.