Korean War
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Service # | AO-429029 |
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Unit | 30 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING |
Rank | Major U.S. Air Force |
Date of Death | June 10 1952 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Honolulu Memorial |
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Air Medal
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Korean Service Medal
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National Defense Service Medal
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Purple Heart
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United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Major Hadley was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
Notes
Major Hadley was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On June 10, 1952, after completing a bomb run, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire near a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, and contact was lost. He was listed as Mission an Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.