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Don Wyandotte Koontz
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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
March 2, 1951
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Master Sergeant Koontz was the radar observer of a F7F-3N Tigercat fighter with Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On March 2, 1951, his aircraft departed Pusan-West (K-1) for a night intruder mission at the Sariwon, Korean area. Last contact was at 1:30am. Wreckage was seen two miles south of Sohung. He was presumed dead on December 16, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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