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Charles Garrison
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Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Unit
114 FITRON
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Date of Death
May 24, 1954
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Lieutenant Garrison was a veteran of World War II, serving in the European and Pacific Theaters. In Korea he was the pilot of a F4U-4 Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 114 (884)aboard the aircraft carrier USS BOXER (CV-21). On May 18, 1951, as he was working with a ground controller, his aircraft was hit by small arms fire. He tried to parachute but struck the tail assembly. He landed and was taken prisoner. He was presumed dead on May 24, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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