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John Baptist Goery
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
312 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
December 27, 1952
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First Lieutenant Goery was a pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 312, Marine Air Group 12 aboard carrier USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE-116). On December 27, 1952, while striking supplies on a dock near Chinnampo, North Korea, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, so he headed to Taedong-Gang estuary and parachuted safely. However, attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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