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William Strickland McCarson
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
212 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
December 6, 1951
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Captain McCarson was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 212, aboard the aircraft carrier USS RENDOVA (CVE-114). On December 6, 1951, after making a strafing run on enemy positions in North Korea, his aircraft failed to recover from the dive, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. |
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