The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Karl Vernon Kludt
Rank
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
542 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
September 24, 1950
Technical Sergeant Kludt was the radar observer of a F7F-3N Tigercat aircraft with Marine Fighter Squadron 542, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On September 24, 1950, while on a combat mission near Seoul, South Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the Han River close to a power plant. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.