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Denny Powell Phillips
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Rank
Commander, U.S. Navy
Unit
11 FITRON
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Date of Death
January 23, 1953
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USNA Class of 1940, Commander Phillips was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was the pilot of a F2H-2 Banshee jet fighter and Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron 11 aboard the aircraft carrier, USS KEARSARGE (CV-34). On January 23, 1953, while on a reconnaissance mission along the main supply route north of Wonsan, North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on June 14, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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