Korean War
Service # | AF17009605 |
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Rank | Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Date of Death | March 23 1951 |
National Defense Service Medal
Master Sergeant Williamson was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Master Sergeant Williamson was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport assigned to the 509th Aviation Installation Squadron, 509th Bomber Wing at Gander, Newfoundland. On March 23, 1951, the aircraft was enroute from Gander to Mildenhall Air Base, England when it disappeared about six hundred miles from Ireland, killing all 53 airman on board.