The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Harold Ness
Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
323 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
April 3, 1952
Captain Ness was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 323, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On April 3, 1952, while making a bombing run near Sammok-tong, his aircraft crashed into a ridge and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.