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Byron McQuady Burbage
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
323 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
July 24, 1951
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Captain Burbage was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 323, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, aboard the carrier USS SICILY (CVE-118). On July 24, 1951, while on a strafing run at Sohae-ri, North Korea, his aircraft was hit by small arms fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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