The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William Herman Westbrook
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
July 4, 1953
Staff Sergeant Westbrook was the radar observer of a F3D-2 Douglas Skyknight fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On July 4, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft failed to return to base. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on July 6, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.