Joseph Henry Gollner

Korean War
Service #521481
Unit54 FITRON
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Date of DeathJanuary 11 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Combat Action Ribbon (Navy)
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Lieutenant Junior Grade Gollner was awarded 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 Junior Grade Gollner was the pilot of a AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with Fighter Squadron 54, aboard the aircraft carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On January 11, 1952, after takeoff he jettisoned a one thousand pound bomb then crashed into the sea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.