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Franklin Smith
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
63 FITRON
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Date of Death
September 19, 1950
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Smith was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 63, Carrier Air Group Two aboard the aircraft carrier, USS BOXER (CV-21). On September 19, 1950, after completing a raid over Korea, as his aircraft landed, it struck the barrier and went overboard inverted. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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