The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Peter Canyon
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
June 18, 1953
Airman First Class Canyon was a member of the 31st Air Police Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On June 18, 1953, he was a passenger on a C-124A Globemaster transport traveling from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan to Korea. He was killed when the aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa.