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Edgar Cameron
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Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
513 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
May 16, 1952
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Master Sergeant Cameron was the radar observer of a F7F-3N Tigercat fighter with the Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 16, 1952, while on a combat mission of dropping napalm on enemy troops near Cheryeng, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, exploded and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 17, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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