Carl Edwin Messinger

Korean War
Service #6283675
RankAviation Electronics Technician Second Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathAugust 22 1956
Korean Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Messinger was awarded the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Messinger was a crew member of a PB4Y-1P Consolidated Liberator surveillance aircraft with the U.S. Navy. On August 22, 1956, while patrolling the airspace during the Korean truce, his aircraft was shot down. His remains have not been recovered.