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Robert Wesley Gilardi
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Rank
Major, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
312 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
January 6, 1952
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Major Gilardi was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 312, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On January 1, 1952, while on a combat mission near Chorwon, Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and caught fire. He bailed out and was taken Prisoner of War. He died while a prisoner on January 6, 1952. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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