The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
James Alexander Hudson
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
125 ATKRON
Date of Death
December 22, 1952
USNA Class of 1950, Lieutenant Junior Grade Hudson was the pilot of an AD-3 Skyraider dive bomber with Attack Squadron 125 (923) aboard the carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On December 22, 1952, while attacking enemy facilities in the Hwangsuwon-ni area (Songjin, North Korea), his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.