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Richard Alan Polen
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Rank
Major, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
October 17, 1950
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Major Polen was the pilot of a F4U-5N Corsair night fighter with Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, First Marine Air Wing. On October 17, 1950, while on a ferry flight from Airfield K-14 (Kimpo) to Wonsan Airfield (K-25), contact was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 21, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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