The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Henry Gollner
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
54 FITRON
Date of Death
January 11, 1952
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.