Korean War
Service # | AF14220883 |
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Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Date of Death | December 20 1952 |
National Defense Service Medal
Staff Sergeant McBride was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Staff Sergeant McBride was a member of the 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On December 20, 1952, he was a radio operator on a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.