The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Dewey Stopa
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
28 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB GP
Date of Death
January 29, 1953
First Lieutenant Stopa was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 28th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On January 29, 1953, the aircraft was shot down by MiGs eleven miles south of Pyongyang and eighteen miles east of Sariwon. He was listed as Killed in Action on January 30, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.