The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Cordice Isaac Teague
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
54 FITRON
Date of Death
October 6, 1951
Lieutenant Junior Grade Teague was the pilot of an AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with the Fighter Squadron 54 aboard the carrier USS ESSEX (CV-9). On October 6, 1951, as his aircraft was recovering from a dive bombing run on a road west of Kowon, it 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.