The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Alfred Gordon Peiffer
Rank
Captain, U.S. Army
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
Date of Death
September 17, 1950
Captain Peiffer served as an air-ground controller aboard an AT-6D Mosquito observation aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron for Company K, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On September 17, 1950, his aircraft became lost in the Pohang-Kigye Angang-ni area. He was presumed dead on March 16, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.