Karl D. Armstrong Jr.

Korean War
Service #AO-1911462
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathMarch 23 1951
National Defense Service Medal
Second Lieutenant Armstrong was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Second Lieutenant Armstrong was the navigator of a C-124 Globemaster transport based assigned to the 2nd Service and Supply Squadron, 47th Air Division at Gander, Newfoundland. On March 23, 1951, the aircraft was enroute from Gander to Mildenhall Air Base, England when it disappeared about six hundred miles from Ireland, killing all 53 Airman on board.