The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Ned Charles Frankart
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
39 FTR INTCP SQ 18 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
November 3, 1951
First Lieutenant Frankart was the pilot of a F-51D Mustang night fighter with the 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18th Fighter Bomber Group. On November 3, 1951, while on a combat mission, he directed his aircraft into the west entrance of a railroad tunnel near Hwadong-ni, Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.