The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Bill Gray Fain
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
430 FTR BOMB SQ 474 FTR BOMB GP
Date of Death
February 8, 1953
First Lieutenant Fain was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 430th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 474th Fighter-Bomber Group. On February 8, 1953, while returning from a combat mission, his aircraft crashed into the sea six miles south of Kunsan Airfield (K-8), South Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.