The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Walter Arms
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
6148 TAC CONTROL SQ
Date of Death
June 5, 1953
First Lieutenant Arms was the pilot of a LT-6G Mosquito control aircraft with the 6148th Tactical Air Control Squadron, 6147 Tactical Air Control Group. On June 5, 1953, while on a combat mission, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on June 6, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.