Raymond Thaddeus Plevyak | American Battle Monuments Commission

Korean War

Service #	AO-2222014
Unit	67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB WING
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of Death	March 1 1952
Status	Missing In Action
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

67 FTR BOMB SQ 18 FTR BOMB WING

Air Medal

Korean Service Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Purple Heart

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

Republic of Korea War Service Medal

United Nations Service Medal

First Lieutenant Plevyak was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Notes

First Lieutenant Plevyak was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On March 1, 1952, while on a combat mission with three other aircraft, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.