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Joseph Buford Parse
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
54 FITRON
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Date of Death
September 8, 1951
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Parse was the pilot of an AD-4L Skyraider dive bomber with Fighter Squadron 54 aboard the carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On September 8, 1951, while on a bombing run, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire, burst into flames and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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