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Howard Francis Heyliger
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
October 18, 1951
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Master Sergeant Heyliger was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a F7F-3N Tigercat fighter with Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On October 18, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft exploded and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 15, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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