The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Eugene Merritt Weller
Rank
Trainee Third Class, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
February 22, 1952
Trainee Third Class Weller was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War, he was a crewman on a twin engine Beechcraft assigned to the Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas during the Korean War. During a training flight from Texas to Kansas on February 22, 1952, the aircraft crashed on takeoff killing Trainee Weller and three other passengers.