Grover Cleveland Chick Jr.

Korean War
Service #414501
Unit113 FITRON
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Date of DeathJuly 4 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
113 FITRON
Air Medal
Combat Action Ribbon (Navy)
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Lieutenant Chick was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Navy Commendation Ribbon, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes

Lieutenant Chick was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 113 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47). On July 4, 1952, he was on a strafing run near Latitude 38° North Longitude 127° East, when his aircraft was hit by small arms fire and crashed into a mountain. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.