Korean War
| Service # | 5199 |
|---|---|
| Rank | Ensign U.S. Coast Guard |
| Date of Death | July 7 1953 |
American Campaign Medal
American Defense Service Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Good Conduct Medal (Coast Guard)
National Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Ensign Fleck was awarded the American Defence Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African- Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal.
Notes
Ensign Fleck was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was assigned to the Coast Guard Air Detachment, Biloxi, Mississippi. On July 7, 1953, he was the pilot of a Coast Guard PBY-5 rescue aircraft on a mission to evacuate an injured seaman aboard a shrimp boat in the North Pass of the Lower Mississippi (Louisiana). The aircraft went out of control upon landing and sank killing him and two other crewmen.