The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Julius S. Zaleski
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
February 24, 1954
During the Korean War, Staff Sergeant Zaleski was assigned to the base commissary at Sampson Air Force Base at Geneva, New York. On February 24, 1954, he was a passenger on a truck carrying supplied from Syracuse to his base, when the truck skidded on the icy road and overturned killing him.