Korean War
Service # | 3457 |
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Rank | Lieutenant U.S. Coast Guard |
Date of Death | November 11 1952 |
American Campaign Medal
American Defense Service Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Lieutenant McGregor was awarded the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the national Defense Medal.
Notes
Lieutenant McGregor was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Detachment, Agana, Guam. On November 11, 1952, he was the co-pilot of a Coast Guard PBY-6 rescue aircraft on a training flight, which crashed after its engine caught fire on takeoff killing him, the pilot and an observer.