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Francis Gene Gergen
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
53 FITRON
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Date of Death
February 21, 1952
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Lieutenant Gregen was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 53, aboard the aircraft carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On February 21, 1952, he was escorting a flak damaged aircraft to Sokcho-ri Airfield (K-50), North Korea through a snowstorm, when he became disoriented and his aircraft suddenly swerved and crashed into the sea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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