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Joseph Daniel Sanko
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
653 FITRON
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Date of Death
May 13, 1952
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Lieutenant Sanko was a decorated veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 653, aboard carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). On May 13, 1952, while on a combat mission over north of Munchon, North Korea, his aircraft suffered a direct hit by a 37mm shell, lost its wing, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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