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Harold Burton Ward
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
9 FTR BOMB SQ 49 FTR BOMB GP
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Date of Death
August 3, 1951
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First Lieutenant Ward was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 9th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On August 3, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions 12 east of Pyongyang, North Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft 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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