The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Jack Norton Ballmer
Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
212 MAR ATK SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
April 16, 1951
Second Lieutenant Ballmer was a pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 212, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On April 16, 1951, while on a combat mission of striking an enemy supply dump in a flight of two, his aircraft crashed killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.