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James Vaughn Harrell
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Rank
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
May 30, 1953
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Sergeant Harrell was the radar operator of a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 30, 1953, while returning from escorting B-29's on a night mission near the mouth of the Yalu River, North Korea, contact with the aircraft was lost after requesting landing instructions from airfield K-8. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on June 1, 1954. His remains were recovered on July 30, 2001 and identified on January 8, 2002. SGT Harrell's name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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